Is Emeritus Pope Benedict quietly cheering the changes brought by Pope Francis, even though many seem to come at the expense of his papacy?
Rand Paul struggles to explain why he’s supporting Mitch McConnell. Listen.
New Jersey lawmakers may issue “about a dozen” new subpoenas in the Chris Christie bridge scandal today. They also want to know whether the governor was flying in a helicopter above Fort Lee, N.J. when the traffic jam there was taking place. (!!)
Top suicide bomb instructor accidentally blows up his entering class of would-be suicide bombers.
The Democrat who lost to Chris Christie in the New Jersey governor’s race last year has apparently decided to set her Rolodex on fire.
Paper has to issue correction over whether BridgeGate scandal figure called enemy “piece of crap” or “piece of excrement.”
Incredibly inspiring to see anonymous NFL execs and now a prominent ex-NFL coach dumping on a top NFL draft pick who just revealed he’s gay and would likely be the first openly gay player in NFL history.
Christie lawyers asking Hoboken Mayor for access to her documents related to the governor’s scandal? Also want to “interview” the Mayor with their team of “five former federal prosecutors.”
ICYMI: Why do so many conservatives think the American work ethic can’t survive without extra-economic threats and extortion?
Don’t miss this piece by Dylan Scott on what the recent CBO Obamacare dust-up tells us about the state of the American work ethic. One key point referenced in the piece is that autonomy, the ability to choose your job, move jobs, start your own company is a central part of what Americans aspire to.
We’ve talked a lot about ‘job lock‘. But there’s another part of this equation which Theda Skocpol references. We tend to think of the US (in contrast to Europe) as a nation of small businesses and strivers and entrepreneurs. But that’s objectively not the case, at least in one key sense: the small business and self-employed sectors are bigger in Europe than they are here.