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03.16.12 | 8:06 am
Could Get Uncomfortable

Ed Rendell isn’t the only one the Treasury Department is investigating over payments made on behalf of the MEK.

03.16.12 | 7:38 am
Congratulations! It’s an iPad!

Look, we think Apple makes cool products too.

They just don’t excite us quite this much.

03.16.12 | 6:07 am
Fact Of The Day

It blew me away to discover this week that Americans used public transportation in the 1940s at levels more than twice as high as today. Those are absolute numbers, not per capita. When you consider that the U.S. population then was less than half of what it is now, it makes the numbers even more striking. We’ve plotted out the data here, and I’ve been geeking out over it. Read More

03.16.12 | 5:00 am
Democracy In Action

Can any state Republican party run a caucus successfully? The 2012 scorecard so far suggests not.

03.15.12 | 2:19 pm
Rick’s Self-Inflicted Wounds

Romney jumps on another of Rick Santorum’s self-inflicted wounds: No, we’re not going to make Puerto Ricans stop speaking Spanish.

03.15.12 | 12:04 pm
Syria’s Year Without A Spring

Striking images of Syria on the anniversary of the beginning of the unrest.

03.15.12 | 10:43 am
Minnesota Sex Farm

Here are the facts. Leader of state legislature has affair with staffer. Affair is found out. Staffer is canned. Now staffer is suing.

Add two more facts. Staffer is threatening to reveal identities of all other legislators and staffers who are having affairs and haven’t been fired. And the staffer’s a man and the leader is a woman.

Here’s the story.

03.15.12 | 8:48 am
Deadly Headline

Sen. Richard Lugar ruled ineligible to vote for his own reelection.