Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will resign after the makeup of the nation’s new coalition government is decided

Paul Hsieh dubs this, “by far the best 2-cello version of “Welcome to the Jungle” that I’ve ever heard.”

If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.

So, Occupy protestors in yet another city thought it would be a good idea to get in front of a car.

Jerry Sandusky, the longtime defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, is being charged with eight counts of child sex abuse.

Federal government workers make less than their private sector counterparts, a new study compiled by federal workers reveals.

Andy Rooney, best known to recent generations as the cranky old man at the end of “60 Minutes,” has died at 92.

My latest for The Atlantic: “For Europe, Some Fear a Conflict Between Union and Democracy”

The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.

The tents at Occupy Wall Street are increasingly housing the homeless.

“I would never let anybody write something for me,” Matthews says. “Why do you think I’m like that? It’s amazing to me that you think I’m some lightweight, glib bullshit artist that has somebody do his work for him. The writing is the hard part, the composition.”

Two Occupy Oakland protestors were hit by a Mercedes-Benz as they were blocking the street.

By popular demand: An assessment of the latest polling numbers.

Did Congress cause the mortgage crisis by mandating loans to poor people? No.

The Greek referendum could be a disaster for the global economy. And might be the right thing to do.

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Can Mitt Romney get Republicans to turn out next November?

Why does wine get so much more written treatment than beer?

Social Security outlays are exceeding its income. Is that really a problem?

European leaders continue to kick the can down the road on a crisis that could bring down the global economy.

A righteous movement risks derailment by a handful of thugs and reprobates.

“It’s Time to Switch to Whiskey” by Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans

Jon Huntsman’s daughters shoot a humorous commercial for their dad, spoofing the bizarre Herman Cain smoking ad:

Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic.

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

Do we place too much importance on performance in presidential debates?

Don’t confuse modest bumps in a polling trend with actual changes in the thing being polled.

The Feds fired Monster and now USAJobs is a disaster

Pastor Terry Jones, best known as the “Burn a Koran Day” instigator, is throwing his proverbial hat into the ring.

Unnamed “sources” claim that ACORN is somehow behind Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots.

Contrary to popular belief, college athletes graduate at a much higher rate than other students.

Banks have more money than they can lend out profitably.

Occupy Wall Street is not motivated by envy of the rich or even animus towards banks.

Barack Obama wrote two bestselling memoirs before becoming president. Both of them are hot items at Foggy Bottom.

SFC Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday, on his fourteenth combat tour.

President Obama’s surprise announcement Friday that all U.S. forces would leave Iraq in time to be home for the holidays has been roundly condemned. While there are real concerns about what happens next, there was no better alternative.

Previewing an Obama-Romney general election.

A video from Occupy Dayton in which a protestor is shouting “F*ck the military, f*ck your flag, f*ck the police!” is going viral.

Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.

Some Northeastern Senators want to make selling fake maple syrup a federal offense.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled a long-scheduled speech to the Wharton Business School after school officials changed the guest list.

Michele Bachmann is looking for a few good staffers for the Granite State.

President Obama is set to announce that all American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.

Professional baseball players are wearing magical necklaces whose “titanium nanoparticles” supposedly “help the body’s own energy flow more readily.”

The post-Gaddafi era has been made permanent. What comes next?