D.C. is Getting a Duggar

TLC

Josh Duggar, the oldest of the 19 Duggar children, is leaving the family's home state of Arkansas and moving to D.C. for a job with the Family Research Council

By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Power Struggle at SCLC: Why Were the Gates Welded Shut?

Internal strife at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Souder's History and the Affair Scandal

The Indiana Republican had few allies and conflicting personal views

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By Jared Keller

May 18, 2010

Morning Vid: Homeland Security, Then And Now

One thing you can say for Janet Napolitano: she was never convicted of wire fraud

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By Heather Horn

May 18, 2010

Supreme Court: Only Minors Who Murder Can Serve Life Without Parole

The court's ruling invokes "cruel and unusual punishment"

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

Behind Blumenthal's War Record Scandal

The presumed senate front-runner gets himself in deep trouble

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By Max Fisher

May 18, 2010

5 Looming Questions for Super Senate Tuesday

Key primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky, Pennsylvania

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By Michael Kinsley

May 18, 2010

Editor at Large

Sex Lives of Supreme Court Justices

On the unusual lifestyle of Antonin Scalia

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By Jared Keller

May 17, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: O'Reilly Says Beck 'in Big Trouble' Over Miranda Rights

Beck: "If the police bust you, when does that citizen become guilty? I thought we had to prove that."

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By Heather Horn

May 17, 2010

Elena Kagan's Senior Thesis: 'Socialism' and Beyond

What does the 1981 Princeton paper reveal, if anything?

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By John Hudson

May 17, 2010

By Max Fisher

May 17, 2010

Morning Vid: Obscure Alabama Candidate's Jaw-Dropping Campaign Ad

"Who on Earth would support such a dummy?"

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By John Hudson

May 15, 2010

With Palin, Beck, Gingrich, Is the NRA Unstoppable?

An expected 70,000 card-carrying members flock to Charlotte for the annual meeting

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

May 14, 2010

Spotlight: Why You Shouldn't Trust Anyone in Politics Over 50

There's a reason the last 20 years have been rough

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By Max Fisher

May 14, 2010

How Porn Killed the Democratic Jobs Bill

Republicans use a legislative trick

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By Max Fisher

May 14, 2010

Can L.A.'s Arizona Boycott Change Immigration Law?

The state's already losing millions

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By Michael Kinsley

May 14, 2010

Editor at Large

An Observation About Immigration

It's an economic problem, perhaps with an economic solution.

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By Alex Eichler

May 13, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Maddow, Lithwick Peer at Kagan's Liberal Creds

Grappling with an "inscrutable, blank-slate legal career"

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By Michael Kinsley

May 13, 2010

Editor at Large

Questioning Kagan

People now agree with me

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By Heather Horn

May 13, 2010

High Hopes on Right as Voters Swing Back to GOP

Republican supporters return to the fold

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By Heather Horn

May 12, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Laura Bush Supports Gay Marriage, Roe v. Wade

On Larry King, Mrs. Bush says she thinks it's "important" that abortions "remain legal"

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By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2010

Best Tweets: Kagan Cage Match Edition

The Justin Bieber Tweetmeme channel is old news by now

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By Max Fisher

May 12, 2010

What Citizens United Case Reveals About Kagan

Does she differ with Obama on the case?

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By Heather Horn

May 12, 2010

What's Wrong With an Ivy League Justice?

The backlash against Elena Kagan's attendance at two of the nation's top schools

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By Max Fisher

May 12, 2010

How Arlen Specter's Electoral Outlook Got So Grim

He's down in both the Democratic primary and general election

Comments | 172 Views

By Jake Simpson

May 11, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Ann Althouse on Catholics, Jews, and SCOTUS

Trying not to "say too much," she says a lot

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By John Hudson

May 11, 2010

Elena Kagan, Careerist?

Critics claim the nominee shows more ambition than conviction

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By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

The Hilarious Media War Over Steele's Slavery-Based Attack on Kagan

RNC chair slams idea that the original Constitution was "defective" for allowing slavery

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

9 Editorials on Elena Kagan

A variety of views portray the Supreme Court nominee as milquetoast, moderate, unknown, elite

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By John Hudson

May 11, 2010

Obama 'Open' to Scaling Back Miranda Rights: What's at Stake?

The tension between national security and civil liberties

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By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

Liberals Divide: Is Kagan Too Conservative on Executive Power?

The cases for and against Kagan's record on presidential powers

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