The IRS official who revealed the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups on Friday did so on purpose -- by asking a tax lawyer to ask her about it at American Bar Association tax section’s annual meeting.
The city's school district shuttered 26 schools
Congressional Hispanic Caucus threatens a boycott
Oh, so that's the difference between sexual and non-sexual groping!
Somebody needs to compromise to end the stalemate
What he says, what he doesn't, why
Jon Stewart and Lawrence O'Donnell chuckle over Beck's disastrous hour with Eric Massa
Dems discover their inner John McCain
Harry Reid responds to an RNC spoof
He's got a new scheme to end it in January
Michael Kinsley points out a discrepancy between the treatment of Alito and Roberts and the "Gitmo 9"
Things like this don't happen in Iowa
Limping along in Congress and in society
Much to learn from the capture of a blonde-haired, green-eyed jihadist
Liz and Dick strive for a legacy
He finds the rah-rah atmosphere "troubling"
The Daily Show host and former speechwriter Marc Thiessen spar over torture and the 'Al Qaeda 7'
Understanding the strange full-hour interview
The meaning of Eric Massa's implosion
A Boston Globe columnist on Starbucks and the right to bear arms
To robo-poll, or not to robo-poll
The reality TV star echoes the fake former presidents
Independents, moderates--what's the difference?
The Post blogger educates Colbert on reconciliation
Michael Kinsley sniffs out an inconsistency at The New York Times
Conservative hero or shameless self-preserver?
How can one guy be a genius, a monster, and the savior and destroyer of Obama?
Tim Geithner saves the economy, Peter Singer saves morality, Rahm Emanuel saves himself
The bill's unpopular, Reid's unpopular, but never mind that
Close Gitmo for a KSM military tribunal? No fair!
Do we fire teachers or train them better?
Abortion provisions are still in play
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Yglesias attack the president's rumored switch to a military tribunal
John Bedell opens fire on two Pentagon cops, finger-pointing follows
The Comedy Central host becomes Hannity's pimp
Political pressure is mounting
Yes, it is fiscally responsible, he says
Tea Partiers may not like his new book
Something's amiss in the Empire State
Either way, they're growing fast
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