So Is She Gay?  —  It is no more of an empirical question than whether she is Jewish.  We know she is Jewish, and it is a fact simply and rightly put in the public square.  If she were to hide her Jewishness, it would seem rightly odd, bizarre, anachronistic, even arguably self-critical or self-loathing.

EXCLUSIVE: Mullah Omar Captured!  —  Through key intelligence sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan, I have just learned that reclusive Taliban leader and top Osama bin Laden ally, Mullah Omar has been taken into custody.  —  According to the State Department's Rewards for Justice Program …

It's a fight for power: purists v pragmatists  —  The kaleidoscope has been smashed - a monumental struggle is now under way within all three parties  —  The voters wanted a “new kind of politics”.  Well, now they have got it.  Yesterday Gordon Brown resigned as Labour leader …

The Governator at Emory: 'I was going to speak in Arizona, but I thought I'd be deported'  —  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger greets graduates at Emory University.  John Spink/AJC  —  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the commencement address at Emory University on Monday.

Stocks Soar After Europe Announces Rescue Plan  —  For a day, at least, investors could exhale.  —  After a bruising five sessions last week that erased all of the year's gains — including a momentary free fall on Thursday that remains largely unexplained — stock indexes roared back on Monday.

New McCain ad: You cannot be serious  —  I don't know what to say, guys.  I'm genuinely speechless.  Pandering is one thing, shameless careerist pandering is something else, and then there's John “Goddamned Fence” McCain marching along the border in a badass Navy baseball cap looking …

What Is Going On?  —  Is Arlen Specter toast?  —  There are three big senate primaries on May 18th — Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania and Arkansas and a Republican one in Kentucky.  It's been clear for some time that the establishment GOP candidate in Kentucky will likely get rocked by Rand Paul …

Did Big Bet Trigger Stock Swoon?  —  Shortly after 2:15 p.m. Eastern time last Thursday, hedge fund Universa Investments LP placed a big bet in the Chicago options trading pits that stocks would continue their sharp declines.  —  On any other day, this $7.5 million trade for 50,000 options contracts might …

Thunder on the mountain heavy as can be  —  Mean old twister bearing down on me  —  All the ladies of Washington scrambling to get out of town  —  Looks like something bad gonna happen, better roll your airplane down  —Bob Dylan  —  The American people have only a limited role in the United States government.

Jack Reed wants hedge funds to register  —  Democratic Sen. Jack Reed filed an amendment to the sweeping Wall Street reform bill Monday that cracks down on the private investment pools that have escaped largely unscathed from the kind of scrutiny big banks have faced.