A sad story from New Hampshire.

A military order in 1862, immediately countermanded by Lincoln and repented by Grant in later life.

Brilliant account of the $19,500 bill for an 1866 telegram to Napoleon III (which in fact was not delivered to him).

The moral and ethical poverty of US media revealed!

I do hope he does well in Iowa.

The last thing the U.S. government has wanted (or wants now) is actual democracy in the Arab world, in large part because democracy will enable the populations’ beliefs — driven by high levels of anti-American sentiment and opposition to Israeli actions – to be empowered rather than ignored.

How to make me feel old: "I wasn’t even a year old when Bill Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States, and I was nine when he left office."

Zucotti Park under attack by police right now, live on video

Great piece.

Nate Silver answers with a definite (and detailed) "maybe".

Heather on the craziness of not talking to the other side.

The Washington Post covers the Congressional Budget Office report.

The Guardian covers the Congressional Budget Office report.

U.S. tax policy has given a break to poor families for a long time. It's not the enemy, and it won't be the entire solution. What we're dealing with is a vast, complicated conspiracy of incentives.

Profile of Elizabeth Warren and what has happened to the US middle class.

Economy grows, most see no benefits.

What's wrong with the US. #fb

State-sanctioned lynching in 1944

"He ended the terror of living in the South."

1. The presence of hate in politics. 2. Money matters too much. 3. Refusing to even listen to the other guy. 4. The micro managing of politics. 5. The disparaging of experience and learning.

Extraordinary.

Interview with Canada's foreign minster. "‎A friend of mine's daughter is a consultant at one of the major consulting houses and she needed to bring her university degree to show, which she did and it had a nice Princeton logo on it. The border guard then explained to her that the United States was an English-speaking country and sh…

"A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. “Has the G.O.P. gone insane?” they ask. Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades. Anyone surprised by the extremism and irresponsibility now on display either hasn’t been …

Republicans fail in bid to defend freedom from energy-saving lightbulbs.

More on the colossal expense of a technology that doesn't work defending against a threat that doesn't exist.

Looking at the memorials to the conflict in the Big Apple, including one very obvious one not usually put in that category.

The report places considerable emphasis on the importance of achieving a more sustainable approach to security, energy, agriculture, and the environment. Again, it is important to stress that this narrative was penned by senior military thinkers, not the Sierra Club. The simple fact is that any clear-eyed analysis pretty quickly comes to the same …

"Americans, I have some bad news for you: You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin. If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singapore…