Okay, it was the annual congressional baseball game. But jeez, 22-0 shut out. That’s big. More like a football score.

A small thing but sort of remarkable. In his first statement on gay marriage as pope, Pope Francis deliberately avoided the standard ‘between a man and a women’ phrasing when referring to the importance of marriage.

Now, before you write in, I am under zero illusion that this presages a change in Church doctrine or policy. Still these small signs are significant.

Pentagon: Top West Point Official ‘Misused His Position To Obtain Cat Care’

Rep. Pete King (R) warns of Snowden’s connections to China, his girlfriends (alleged?) connections to China and the fact that Snowden himself had “studied Chinese.” Watch.