The presumptive Republican nominee has sent a strong and welcome signal about his governing philosophy.

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

After two-and-a-half years and who knows how many taxpayer dollars spent trying to prove criminal wrongdoing, the SEC fell short.

The combination of falling oil prices and increased exports has the US trade deficit at its lowest point since December 2010.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Eight of Cameroon’s 37 Olympians are “missing.”

Drudge Report says Team Obama thinks CIA Director David Petraeus will be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick.

While you might think of Yale as an elite school, it’s business school is ranked 21st–below Michigan State’s.

Calvin Broadus is dropping the “Snoop Dog” moniker and rap for “Snoop Lion” and reggae.

Nick Delpopolo has been banned from the Olympics for testing positive for cannabis, which he claims came from unwittingly eating a marijuana-laced brownie.

Cover Girl model Marlen Esparza was the first American woman to win an Olympic boxing match.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.

Doug Saunders makes the counterintuitive claim that things are better for Britons than ever.

The White House and the Pentagon are buildings, not unitary actors.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

Whether the reports are actually right—and they usually aren’t—voters are nonetheless going to treat them as if they are.

Nate Jones asks, “What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?”

Dan Nexon often gets asked by prospective candidates how they might improve their chances at getting into a PhD program in political science.

“Vertigo” has ended “the 50-year reign” of “Citizen Kane,” which has dropped to second place.

The Elements of F*cking Style drags English grammar out of the ivory tower and into the gutter, injecting a dull subject with a much-needed dose of color.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

Michael Phelps today won his 18th and 19th Olympic medal, breaking the old record held by gymnast Larysa Latynina. Does this make him the greatest ever?

Neither Romney nor Obama are running on policy; rather, they’re trying to persuade people the other guy would be even worse.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.

Who should bear the cost of extra policing for candidate events?

Andrew Hacker argues that, while quantitative skills are “critical for informed citizenship and personal finance,” making kids master algebra to graduate high school has disastrous consequences.

Virginia has been offering ID cards to military veterans to make it easier to prove that they’re military veterans for months now.

The Romney campaign has hurt the press corps’ feelings.

Why the hell is CNN—which purports to be a news organization—pretending that NBC is live casting the Olympics?

Some [expletive deleted] survey says that swearing at work is bad, even though almost everyone surveyed admits swearing at work.

Kevin Drum has been writing about his cat, Inkblot, most every Friday for the last decade. Sadly, he’s been missing since Tuesday night.

Why do we hold Nutella to a higher truth standard than our presidential candidates?

Donald Perry, the head of public relations for Chick-fil-A, has died of a heart attack in the midst of the national controversy surrounding the chain’s stance of gay marriage.

My latest for World Policy Review, “Oversight or Not, Drones Are Here to Stay,” has posted.

The athletes gathered at the London Olympics have sacrificed much of their lives training to excel at their sports. But most also have extraordinary genetic advantages.

Slate asks “How Badly Would Usain Bolt Destroy the Best Sprinter of 1896?” and answers with an odd “visualization” of unexplained methodology.

Nicholas Kristoff figures that, if we can’t ban guns, we can at least make them safer.

The Fort Hood shooter is being ordered to shave his beard or have it forcibly removed. It’s rather silly.

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

Penn State was facing a four year suspension of its football program but worked out a less harsh punishment.

Those of you looking to fill your October evenings now have three presidential and one vice presidential debate to look forward to.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.