The State of the Union? Broke
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on states facing fiscal woes
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In a year when young victims of sexual assault have been shamed on social media by young people siding with accused athletes from Torrington to Steubenville, here is a six-time All-Star (albeit a very strange and estranged one), live-tweeting his self-defense to more than 510,000 Twitter followers and calling into question the judgment of a woman who appears to have accused him of a crime. The cops have nothing to say. But why isn't Twitter doing anything about it?
Cat-lovers on the American staff resort to guerrilla tactic to save their furry friends
Also: Jerry Lewis has retired from telethons and more on Disney's Snow White reboot
Cartoonist Tom Toles on party relations post-Debt Ceiling
Sausage spokeswoman defends hotdogs against an "animal rights group"
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on Obama and the nation's road to recovery
One of the show's stars defends Steinem's allegations of sexism
Parton issues an apology over the furor surrounding a theme park policy
Cartoonist KAL on who's dictating the U.S. and the Global Economy
The Daily Caller claims a New York Times reporter helped The White House
The American Atheists don't want the "9/11 Cross" at the memorial
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the lack of compromise in Washington
A Fortune writer lays out the financial problems at the other magazine
Cartoonist Tony Auth on the debt stalemate
Savage (humorously) threatens to give Santorum another "Google problem"
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the lessons the NFL can teach
A Cornell Alum shows how (or how not to) shrug off the pesky term
Cartoonist Tony Auth on the Tea Party's approach to the debt talks
The people behind "Got Milk" pull their ads over sexist claims
Cartoonist Steve Breen on the August 2 deadline
A patron says her marriage equality shirt was deemed offensive by Dollywood staff
Cartoonist Lisa Benson on the White House's greeting for House budget plans
Wasserman Schultz talks politics and West takes it personal
The battle between market rivals is bigger than their columnists
Cartoonist Tony Auth shares his take on the scandal gripping Scotland Yard
Midler did the mermaid thing first, and she isn't afraid to say so
Cartoonist Nick Anderson makes light of the Roger Clemens trial
Peter Manso is unhappy with Dwight Garner's takedown piece
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy gets itself into a fight over racism
SlutWalk, the feminist web site, is not happy with a tennis tournament ad
Cartoonist Lisa Benson suggests how Obama wants to lift his chances
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