Paul Krugman on Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI): “All he does is make scary noises about the deficit, with mood music, with organ music in the background about how ominous it is, and then propose a plan that would in fact increase the deficit.”
Missouri’s “don’t say gay in public schools” bill prompts Republican legislator to come out of the closet to oppose the bill. (That makes him the only openly gay Republican state legislator in the country, according to one advocacy group, which, wow, really?)
Behind the scenes photos from President Obama’s unannounced trip to Afghanistan.
Among new documents from the bin Laden compound released today, OBL lamented decline of al Qaida rep, musing on possible rebranding, only wanted to target Obama and Petraeus for assassination.
From this we can draw the conclusion that the culture of branding and marketing is truly global.
What would happen if you stuck your hand into the Large Hadron Collider?
Mitt Romney, a few minutes ago on the plight of Chen Guangcheng: “If these reports are true, this is a dark day for freedom. And it’s a day of shame for the Obama administration.”
U.S. Chamber of Commerce doing direct mail in Indiana in support of Sen. Richard Lugar in the GOP primary.
Romney names state campaign directors for Iowa and New Hampshire.
Donald Rumsfeld now says the raid to nab Osama bin Laden was not a tough call, but five years ago Rumsfeld pulled the plug at the last minute on a Navy Seal raid against high-value al Qaeda targets.