On this day in 1990, President H.W. Bush broke his “No new taxes” pledge.

President Obama has walked out of negotiations on the debt ceiling with an agreement is nowhere in sight.

Howard Wiarda’s book on the National War College is based on his experiences from 1991 to 1996.

Netflix will charge $7.99 for streaming video; it’s now a $2 add-on.

Two economists look at a 30 year investment in a home versus putting the same money in the stock market.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

Jon Huntsman is sharpening his message, pointing to his accomplishments while denigrating those of Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty.

So the CIA organized a fake vaccination drive in Pakistan in an attempt to get bin Laden family DNA. What could possibly go wrong?

The First Lady is coming under fire for hypocrisy in her meal choices.

Of the eight shots in the Sarah Palin cover shoot, all eight feature her in sweatshirts and similar togs. Not exactly presidential.

Byron York had some not unreasonable questions for Susan Feinberg, the woman who confronted Paul Ryan over $350 wine he consumed at a Capitol Hill restaurant. She won’t answer.

I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.

Real news reporting has never paid for itself. But the days of it being subsidized by the local car dealer are rapidly ending.

So, apparently, Paul Ryan has expensive tastes in wine.

Not only was June a horrible month for jobs but May was even worse than previously announced.

Tim Pawlenty was the first major Republican to enter the 2012 race. He may well be the first to quit. If so, it may take a while to notice.

The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.

Microsoft is making millions from Android phones, despite having nothing to do with designing, marketing, manufacturing, or distributing them.

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun has a radical suggestion: While we’re playing chicken with the nation’s debt, let’s cut $1.3 trillion from the debt ceiling!

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

More people are chasing careers in film than there are careers in film. And not just in front of the camera.

I have been only peripherally aware of the trial–and then only in the way that I’m aware of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and reality TV.

We’re working longer than ever and working even when we’re “off.”

A rider in a protest against motorcycle helmet laws crashed his motorcycle and died from head injuries he would have survived had he been wearing a helmet.

220 years in, we lack basic agreement about what the United States Constitution does

British professor Julian Lindley-French offers a tongue-in-cheek essay for the 4th of July: “American Independence: Time to End the Experiment.”

While it’s true that the South and the Heartland disproportionately contribute to our all-volunteer force, the notion that our forces are mostly Nebraska farmboys is false.

Tennis’ most aristocratic championship is also its most democratic.

It’s often said that 1950s sex symbol Marilyn Monroe was a size 12. It just isn’t so.

The nation’s capital is the worst place to drive in the country. But it’s a surprisingly safe place to walk.

Leon Panetta has been brought in to oversee significant cuts to the U.S. Defense budget. Meanwhile, we’re in six wars.

Ann Coulter explains why she’s not a fan of the late Princess Di: “”I find it a little baffling when Americans get so gaga-eyed over a princess. In particular Lady Di, who was just this anorexic, bulimic narcissist.”

While it’s always dangerous to extrapolate too much from high profile cases to the system as a whole, the strange case of Dominque Strauss-Kahn practically invites it.

The US handing Libya over to NATO is “like Beyonce saying she’s ceding control to Sasha Fierce!” – Jon Stewart

The Obama administration has released its report to Congress on what the White House staff makes. How you interpret it depends on your own economic status and your views of government in general and this president in particular.

The New York Times keeps digging up new facts about yesterday’s shocking reversal in the Dominque Strauss-Kahn case.

Danger Room’s Spencer Ackerman reports on an alleged secret CIA interrogation facility somewhere in the former Soviet Union.

A homeowners association in Augusta, Georgia is coming under fire after denying Homes For Our Troops a permit to build a house for a paralyzed African-American veteran.

The Stephen Colbert Super PAC that began as a satire has now been blessed by the real FEC. What exactly this means is not yet clear.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released on his own recognizance and freed from house arrest after credibility issues surfaced with the woman who alleged sexual assault.

The Obama administration is arguing the 14th Amendment renders the debt ceiling moot.

Remember Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the arrogant French aristocrat whose career was ended by a courageous chambermaid, shedding light on a corrupt social system? A funny thing happened on the way to the slammer.

Our good ally Pakistan has publicly ordered us to leave a base used for “covert” CIA drone attacks.

President Obama wants a million hybrid cars on the road by 2015. That’s easier said than done.

As some have already noticed, we installed some new commenting plug-ins late yesterday adding some features that many have been requesting

Is it worse for a child to see pornography or graphic violence?

Oxford University has dropped the Oxford comma! A dark day for humanity.