Woe Is He  —  Barack Obama's going to be the bitter one at the end of this.  —  Some liberal commentators have downplayed the effect of Barack Obama's fundraising speech at a San Francisco fundraiser last week.  But that's wishful thinking.  Along with the revelations about Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright …

Clinton Stalls Obama, Holds 6-Point Pennsylvania Lead, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Many Clinton Dems Would Back Mccain Over Obama  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has stalled Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's drive in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary and holds a 50 …

Long-lost article by Obama's dad surfaces  —  Barack Obama's dad was such an important but absent figure in his life that he devoted his first book, Dreams From My Father, to the search for details about his father's life and how the quest helped forge a son's identity.

Wall Street Journal Parody — With A Topless Ann Coulter — Rankles Murdoch In Real Life And On YouTube  —  My Wall Street Journal, a parody of the Wall Street Journal on newsstands this week to mark the April 15 tax deadline, has rankled News Corp executives so much that they're trying to make sure no one sees it.

Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC  —  Political Funds, Lobbying to Promote Arab-Israeli Peace Deal  —  Some of the country's most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold …

McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill  —  Presidential Hopeful Believes Legislation Would Hurt Military  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits …

McCain “Family Recipes” Lifted from the Food Network  —  What will they call it?  Farfallegate?  Rosemary Chicken Dome Scandal?  Perhaps something with the ubiquitous Rachael Ray in it.  —  It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted …

At McLean School, Playing Tag Turns Into Hot Potato  —  A playground pastime is getting a timeout this spring at a McLean elementary school.  —  Robyn Hooker, principal of Kent Gardens Elementary School, has told students they may no longer play tag during recess after determining that the game of chasing …

A Speech About Nothing  —  We're in the middle of a series of historic economic transformations.  —  A string of technological revolutions have made American workers much more productive.  Over the past 30 years, steel producers have reduced the number of hours it takes to produce a ton of steel by up to 90 percent.

Was the CBC afraid to show the Danish cartoons?  “Well, yeah”  —  Two weeks ago, CBC Sunday did an extended segment about how Canada's human rights commissions have been turned into political censors.  Here's my extended review of that documentary.  In short, I thought it was well done …

Swaps Tied to Losses Became 'Frankenstein's Monster'  —  The credit-default swap market has become a lesson in being careful what you wish for now that Wall Street has taken $245 billion of losses partly tied to such exotica.  —  Rather than dispersing risk and lowering borrowing costs …