IRS releases cool new iPhone app. Too bad a bunch of outdated rules guaranteed that it can hardly do anything useful.

Mubarak tells Amanpour: “I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other.”

Last week we reported how a series of seemingly sensible foreign policy types (Tony Zinni, Bill Richardson, Jim Jones, Bob Torricelli et al.) went to a pro-MEK convention and spoke in support of the Iranian MEK — a cult-like anti-regime paramilitary group that has now apparently given up its arms and the US currently defines as a terrorist organization. We caught up with Torricelli and asked him what he was thinking.

It looks like President Obama’s choice for Ambassador to Luxembourg, Cynthia Stroum, didn’t turn out to be such a hot idea.

Did you know that Egypt has the 16th largest population in the world? I knew Egypt had a very large population. And at least recently I knew it had a population of around 80 million. But 16th largest sort of blew my mind.

Here’s the list of the top 15 countries above Egypt … Read More

Sarah Palin has filed paperwork with the US Patent and Trademark Office and trademark her name “Sarah Palin®”

Georgia public schools are considering getting out of the textbook business all together and entering into an exclusive arrangement with Apple to have every kid in state schools set up with an iPad instead.

The tech geek in me loves it. And as a user of an iPad I think the mobile/tablet is a pretty revolutionary development that could be applied in amazing ways in education. But I have a little trepidation about any one company getting too many tentacles into state education systems.

Worth noting that Apple has long been, if not dominant, then a disproportionately large player in school computing. So my point isn’t to be alarmist. And I’m basically a full-fledged member of the Apple/Mac cult. But it seems worth some careful consideration.

The Idaho legislature is debating a bill that would “nullify” the federal health care reform law. Says the bill’s sponsor: “The question becomes, is the Legislature going to become a rubber stamp of everything that the government decides to do, or is the Legislature going to be able to interpose between onerous laws that the federal government decides to implement and its citizens? That’s the question before us.”

Needless to say, state legislatures don’t get a say at all at invalidating federal laws, though some governors in the South about 50 years ago weren’t quite clear on that point.

Late Update: Always the trendsetter in the Crazy, Arizona is one upping Idaho by debating a law that would allow the state legislature to nullify any federal law at will.

At her first townhall meeting as a member of Congress, Rep. Ann Buerkle (R-NY) learns that, yes, taxpayers really do pay for her federally subsidized health insurance as a government employee.

Yes, the White House just sent out a email/press release with the subject line: “Obama Administration Celebrates Black History by Winning the Future.”