A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' “Bogus” Charity?  —  Henry Louis Gates, Jr controls a tax-exempt, non-profit charity, Inkwell Foundation, Inc, that managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct support in one year, yet only gave out $27,500 in grants, the bulk of which went to Gates' employees and Harvard colleagues.

Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests  —  WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.

FRED BARNES DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.... Conceit is nearly always unseemly, but it takes a smug fool with misplaced arrogance to be truly offensive.  —  The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes devotes his latest column to bashing President Obama's economic policies.  That, in and of itself, is unremarkable.

Katie Couric Swipes the NYTimes' Alessandra Stanley  —  Wow.  This is good.  In her ‘Notebook’ on CBSNews.com, Katie Couric takes down New York Times columnist Alessandra Stanley, and she does it in the cruelest of ways: without mentioning her by name.  —  Last Friday night, Stanley wrote this piece on the death of Walter Cronkite.

Democrats' Divide Fuels Turmoil on Health Care  —  WASHINGTON — Dissension among Democrats flared anew on Friday as a top House Democrat threatened to bypass his own committee to speed passage of a bill to provide health insurance for tens of millions of Americans.

Police investigating brick thrown into East Austin home  —  Police are investigating a brick with an offensive message thrown into the window of an East Austin home.  —  The brick, thrown through a 4-year-old boy's bedroom window, read “Keep Eastside Black.  Keep Eastside Strong.”

Rep. Virginia Foxx: 'There Are No Americans Who Don't Have Health Care'  —  Earlier today, several female Republican House members held a press conference today to attack President Obama's push for health insurance reform.  “The Democrat way is not reforming healthcare, it's destroying it,” announced Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).

Bachmann Sees Health Care Debate In Political Terms: ‘We Can Take Heart’ Obama's ‘Dropping Like A Rock’  —  Yesterday, The Conservative Women's Network hosted Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for a discussion on critical legislation before Congress.  ThinkProgress attended the event and recorded Bachmann's remarks.

From 1983: Health Care Reform in Canada  —  This is an article on health care reform in Canada from February 15, 1983.  As the article explains, “The Canadian health system is really nothing more than an insurance plan for all citizens.  The Federal Government and each of the 10 provincial governments put …

Palin picnic marks beginning of the end  —  WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off the first of three picnics marking her departure from office with a hometown tribute to the troops and an elbow at the news media.  —  Speaking before a friendly crowd at a park here Friday night …

CNN President Brushes Off Criticism Of Lou Dobbs' Continued Floating Of “Birther” Theories  —  CNN/US president Jonathan Klein is rebuffing the mounting criticism of the network over Lou Dobbs' continued airing of “birther” theories, saying that Lou runs “his own show” that merely hosts …