Maggie's Farm

Did you know your turkey is Halal?

That lost herd of caribou has been found

Faster than light story doesn't pan out

It was fun to read about our readers' firearms, or lack thereof

Main St. vs Mall

I'll take Main St anytime - especially if it has a diner on it

There Is No Such Thing As a Free Education

Do people forget that JFK was shot by a Communist?

JFK was assassinated by an ardent Leftist and Castro-lover, and RFK by a Jordanian who hated his support of the nation of Israel. Might as well get the facts right.

London “Occupy” Mob Now Defecating Inside St. Paul’s Cathedral

Matthews pleads to Obama "Give us our marching orders so we can win this fight."

I assume by "us" he means the press

Dem advisors: Obama doesn't deserve re-election

Pethokoukis: Democrats’ tax-hike obsession killed the SuperCommittee

Pelosi: "Catholics have this conscience thing..."

and that's a problem?

Barone: Put Tax Breaks for Mortgages, Local Taxes on Table

The mortgage interest deduction is market-distorting and unfair. However, its value diminishes with higher incomes.

It should be clear that Obama has now settled on his campaign strategy – to divide the nation among economic lines. He has no intention of repairing the damage he’s wrought on America. He’s just hoping, in typical Alinsky fashion, that if he gets Americans frustrated enough they will support him in his reelection.

Sultan:

...the failure of the Supercommittee should be no surprise. The Democrats have only one election strategy and that’s to blame the Republicans. They have nothing to gain from cooperation and everything to gain from conflict. They would see the economy burn, even if they didn’t have anything to gain from the flames—but they do.

Hypocrisy abounds on the Republican side where symbolic votes cover a multitude of economic sins. And when he symbolic votes tank, then the masks come off. But why expect anything different? The United States is not a one party system and congress can only be held hostage so far. The Republican Party is not innocent, only comparatively less guilty, their crimes those of greedy and complacency, rather than the ideological agenda that fattens up the spending of the left.

Everyone talks cuts, but no one makes them because cuts are a dangerous thing. Elections are expensive and someone has to pay for them. Indirectly that someone is the poor schmoe sending off money to D.C. without getting anything for it but aching fingers.

All government spending is campaign spending

Norquist: Blame Dem rigidity

In a SPIEGEL interview, the best-selling British historian Ian Kershaw talks about the last days of the Third Reich, why the Germans persevered when it was clear that all was lost and the devastating consequences of the failed July 20, 1944 attempt to assassinate Hitler.

Florida’s Medicaid Reform Shows the Way to Improve Health, Increase Satisfaction, and Control Costs

New York bomb suspect Jose Pimentel not a serious terror threat: FBI sources

“he will need to wage the most negative campaign in history to stand any chance”

China operates the world’s most elaborate and opaque system of Internet censorship - but what about government control in the US?