The first seven men to be awarded the Medal of Honor for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan received it posthumously. Clinton Romesha will be the fourth in a row that’s lived to meet the president.

What does it mean to be privileged? It means not having to think about any of this, ever.

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

More people have been to space than have flown in a B-2 stealth bomber.

It started September 1, with a 41-14 thumping of Michigan at Cowboys Stadium. Now, it all comes down to one game.

The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.

Old Man’s war, a sci-fi novel about the distant future published in 2007, features Newsweek magazine, which went out of business in 2012.

The new $450,000 income threshold is a political fiction.

Kevin Drum argues that, “We Don’t Have a Spending Problem. We Have an Aging Problem.”

I’ve been out of the classroom for just over a decade now and, apparently, things have changed radically.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

Apparently, John Boehner was somewhat displeased with the negotiating process.

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

Electric shavers have come down in price so much that it’s cheaper to buy a new one than a replacement head for your old one.

The Blues began a century ago yesterday, with the release of WC Handy’s “Memphis Blues.”

One major factor in the skyrocketing cost of a college education in America is a huge increase in overhead costs.

President George H. W. Bush has been moved out of the intensive care unit and seems to be improving nicely.

New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy was experiencing post-concussion syndrome but hid it from the team for days.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander during Operation Desert Storm, has died at the age of 78.

Issue #700 marks the final issue of Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker’s run as that character. For now.

The bizarre dynamics of Virginia politics.

Norm Ornstein may have written the sillest op-ed of 2012.

A rich child is 45 percent more likely to earn a four-year college degree than a poor one.

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

Stony Brook finance prof Noah Smith writes, “The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War.”

In Iowa, women can be fired for being too sexy.

FSU’s Jimbo Fisher offers interesting insights into the coaching profession.

John Cornyn tells Jennifer Rubin that he’ll oppose the confirmation of his former colleague, Chuck Hagel, for Secretary of Defense.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

Jake Tapper is moving to CNN, where he’ll host a daily show and run their political coverage.

Bob Dole isn’t in the best of health but he nonetheless treked to the Capitol to pay his final respects to an old friend.

From the Department of What The Hell Were They Thinking, I present Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh’s new ceremonial uniform:

On rare instances in Washington, reporters do their job and ask tough questions of political leaders. Rarer still, the leaders give good answers.

After an independent investigation blasted State Department leadership for lax security in Benghazi, three officials have resigned.

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Firearms are set to pass the automobile as the instrument for American deaths.

The Internet is a weird place.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Conor Friedersdorf contends “The U.S. Already Had a Conversation About Guns—and the Pro Side Won.”

Germany recognizes a right to use pseudonyms online and has ordered Facebook to honor it.

Joe Lieberman has had a change of heart on term limits: He’s now for them.

Gabrielle Ludwig played college basketball as a man 25 years ago; now, she’s playing as a woman.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Another day, another shooting spree in America.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is wildly overcharging the media for the privilege over covering them.

Almost a decade ago, Roger Ebert wondered if making mass murderers famous doesn’t provide a perverse incentive.

For weeks now, I’ve found Gmail virtually unusable. I’ve tried switching back to Firefox from Chrome. I’ve tried turning off Google Labs. Nothing seems to work.