The Federal government is funding a Pakistan version of Sesame Street for $20 million.

Continuing problems with the coalition operation in Libya reinforce an old military adage: You fight like you train.

For a small group of people—perhaps just 1% to 3% of the population—sleep is a waste of time.

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

Video entertainment is moving in two seemingly opposite directions simultaneously.

France’s top court refused to allow French citizenship for 10-year-old twin girls born to a surrogate mother in the United States.

Another bizarre case from the annals of rogue judges and runaway sentencing.

Breathless hysteria over the trend toward a less white America misses an important fact: most Hispanics are white.

Glenn Beck will leave his Fox News show in December.

The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront

Bristol Palin was paid $262,500 by Candies Foundation as an anti-teen pregnancy spokesman. That’s 7 times what they spent on teen pregnancy prevention.

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

The story that GE paid zero taxes last year despite mega-billion dollar profits is completely untrue.

Nate Silver argues today’s polls “have a reasonable amount of predictive power in informing us as to the identity of the eventual nominee.”

Philip Greenspun wonders, “How did the New York Times manage to spend $40 million on its pay wall?”

In one of the biggest political surprises of the year, President Obama has announced that he would like a second term.

Department of Defense (DOD) employees moving into a new building this fall may start their days walking past a sculpture of a toad with a ten-foot fairy on its back.

“She asked for it” is no longer an acceptable argument in rape cases. So, why is a preacher in Florida burning a book being condemned by American political and military leaders for a days-long murder spree in Afghanistan?

Modern life requires us to put a high degree of trust in those to whom we delegate responsibility

A discussion on Terry Jones’ moral culpability for the crazed reaction in Afghanistan to his Koran burning stunt.

If we allow the possible reaction of the most dogmatic, evil people who might hear the message to govern our expression, we don’t have freedom at all.

The experiences of two well-known academics denied tenure at Chicago provide some clues.

The New York Times wins for “Afghans Avenge Florida Koran Burning, Killing 12.”

Todays’ horrific attack on the UN complex in Mazar-i Sharif may well the the Tet Offensive of Afghanistan: a relatively minor event that permanently changed the American public’s view of the war.

Politicians in office have a nasty habit of behaving completely differently than they promise on the campaign trail.

The iconic WKRP in Cincinnati is not being syndicated or available on DVD in its original format because it’s classic rock soundtrack is hamstrung by copyright laws and music licensing fees.

President Obama has pledged no slaughter and no ground troops for Libya. He may well be forced to pick one.

The groups we supported were defeated by the Taliban in the civil war that followed Soviet withdrawal. The Taliban and Usama bin Laden were supported by the separate “Sayyaf” group of Mujahideen supported by Saudi Arabia and Deobandi fanatics in Pakistan.

I’ll be on Birmingham’s News Radio 105.5 WERC around 11:10 Eastern to discuss the allegations that Auburn University was paying players (and the larger implications this has for college athletics) and rise of concierge vacations for the rich.

To honor the administration’s “no boots on the ground” statements, all covert U.S. personnel in Libya will work barefoot. – Jim Geraghty

Cruise lines are the latest to create separate enclaves for customers willing to pay more to escape the riffraff.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has mastered the worlds of bodybuilding, show business, and politics. Next, he’s going to try his hand at being a Marvel superhero.

Prejudice and negative attitudes towards obese individuals is becoming a global norm, not just an American phenomenon.

Presenting photo identification is not an onerous requirement for voting. But there’s next to zero evidence that fraud is a problem.

Amnesty International is drawing attention to capital punishment in the United States, with bad math and a credulous media on its side.

Dan Drezner: President Obama should give a speech that “clearly prioritizes American interests and values. Because unless the president defines his grand strategy, pundits will be more than happy to define it — badly — for him.”

Politico’s Matt Wuerker illustrates the funding disparity between the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Institute of Peace.

A photo suggesting oral sex on the cover of a student newspaper has generated controversy.

Ten days after sending American forces into kinetic military action in Libya, President Obama addressed the nation to explain “what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.”

Obama Captain America parody: I’m not punching you Gaddafi I’m having a limited humanitarian intervention with your face.

A handful of young male bloggers have launched themselves to the head of the line, leapfrogging those who’ve spent years playing the game by the old rules.juice

Vice President Joe Biden’s team forced a reporter to wait in a tiny closet in order to cover the vice president’s remarks at a fundraiser.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is running for president.

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

The federal government has spent seven years and some six million dollars pursuing Barry Bonds. Why?

Canada is leading the operation in Libya but no one is leading Canada.

Tom Ricks doesn’t understand why we need an exit strategy in Libya.