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Calendars, How Do They Work?

A perennial outrage.

The weirdness of Internet outrage culture.

As part of her position as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has use of a rather lavish private residence. This is not a real controversy.

The first night of games in the N.F.L. pre-season included some sporadic protests during the National Anthem, and prompted a predictable response from the President.

In the wake of a grievance filed by the union representing players, the N.F.L. has suspended the new National Anthem policy it announced earlier this year. This guarantees even more cynical political exploitation by the President.

More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

A Colorado Republican Congressman has introduced a resolution meant to involve our nation’s representatives in the non-existent ‘War On Christmas.’

You may not be aware, but your local Starbucks is the new front in the ‘War On Christmas.’

When everything’s an outrage, is anything outrageous?

“Reality” TV star says something dumb about gay people, gets suspended, usual pointless outrage ensues.

The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

Irony is officially dead.

It’s the return of the most absurd meme of all time.

A State Department announcement about consolidation of diplomatic posts in Rome has led to the latest round of Obama Derangement Syndrome.

The faux scandal of today comes to us courtesy of The Daily Caller: “Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website.”

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The OTB Reader Survey posted a week ago today generated a solid discussion.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

Bob Woodward once again has Washington abuzz with a White House scoop. This one is BS.

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released from detention ahead of possible budget cuts.

Does the public still care about the personal transgressions of politicians? The evidence seems to suggest they don’t.

It’s time to panic over anonymous guys in Philadelphia again, at least if you work at Fox News Channel.

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

Barack Obama attended Martha Raddatz’ wedding. Now, she’s moderating the VP debate. Conspiracy!

The Presidency costs taxpayers a lot of money, but that’s been true for many, many years now.

The Romney campaign has hurt the press corps’ feelings.

The campaign silly season took a trip across the pond.

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Americans should be thankful when our presidents take time off.

A year old, seconds-long, scene from a show on HBO has apparently become the latest cause for outrage.

Jonathan Chait makes an astute observation about the media’s role in meme generation.

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Ted Nugent, whose music I really liked when I was in junior high school, said something vile and crazy.

What’s worse: Leon Panetta spending $860,000 in taxpayer money flying home? Or the GSA spending $823,000 on a conference?

In an epic Internet scandal, Obama strategist David Axelrod has bought an expensive condo.

This morning’s unexpected death of Andrew Breitbart, the conservative muckraker, has sadly if unsurprisingly brought out a wave of nasty commentary.

Censorship or sound business practice?

Charity? Or campaign stunt? Does it matter?