Sarah Palin gets in dustup with teacher  —  Sarah Palin was involved in a short argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher over her decision to leave her post as governor of Alaska.  AP  —  Sarah Palin was involved in a brief argument over the weekend with an Alaska teacher …

Greg Gutfeld: I'm raising money to build a Muslim gay bar next to the Ground Zero mosque  —  Andy Levy assures me that he's quite serious.  Media narrative on the GZ mosque: Shining beacon of liberal values bursting through the overcast skies of American intolerance.

JetBlue Flight Attendant Uses Emergency Slide to Escape Dispute  —  A photo from Steven Slater's MySpace page.  “Would you like to buy an E190?” the caption asks, referring to the type of plane that Mr. Slater is said to have fled on Monday down the escape hatch.

Fed Will Meet With Concerns on Deflation Rising  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday faced with a pivotal decision about whether to abandon its presumption that the economy is gradually picking up steam and begin to consider new steps to keep the recovery from sputtering out.

Inside story of Michelle's trip  —  First lady took Spain vacation with ‘a dear friend’ whose father recently died  —  WASHINGTON—Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha returned from Spain on Sunday, a vacation at a lavish hotel on the Mediterranean coast that triggered her first controversy since becoming first lady.

Large Number of Governors' Races Grips Both Parties  —  CHICAGO — For all the talk of midterm elections and control of Congress, the political parties are obsessing this year more than ever over the nation's 37 races for governor.  —  The Republican Governors Association has already poured $11 million …

Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks  —  A group of human-rights organizations is pressing WikiLeaks to do a better job of redacting names from thousands of war documents it is publishing, joining the list of critics that claim the Web site's actions could jeopardize the safety of Afghans who aided the U.S. military.

GOP To Introduce Lame-Duck Prohibition Resolution, Citing Browner's Remarks On Energy Bill  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  House Republicans are going forward with plans to introduce a resolution on Tuesday to prohibit the House of Representatives from assembling during the two-month period following the November elections.

Are Americans Bigots?  —  Attacking the motives of those who disagree with elite opinion has become all too common.  —  When in 1983 Ronald Reagan characterized the Soviet Union as an “evil empire,” the reaction from his betters was swift.  Writing in the New York Times, Anthony Lewis called it …

A joint policy proposal for an open Internet  —  Posted by Alan Davidson, Google director of public policy and Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy, and communications  —  The original architects of the Internet got the big things right.

GQ Exclusive: Rand Paul's Kooky College Days (Hint: There's a Secret Society Involved)  —  When the Lexington Herald-Leader reported last week that Rand Paul was, in effect, a college dropout, it looked like the 2010 midterms might feature yet another fabulist.

Levi Johnston for mayor. . . really  —  Reality show follows Palin player's bid for office  —  Levi Johnston is setting his sights on the dysfunctional family business.  —  Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state …

Maxine Waters accused of three ethics violations  —  A House report gives more details of its allegations against the Los Angeles Democrat.  Her chief of staff and grandson is accused of being ‘actively involved’ in helping a bank with ties to her husband.  —  Reporting from Washington —

Obama hauls in checks during short visit to Dallas and Austin  —  tgillman@dallasnews.com  —  Over the course of six hours Monday in Dallas and Austin, President Barack Obama managed to rake in $1.6 million for Democrats, kick up some dust in the governor's race, and issue a stern warning to voters …

Horrible Obama-Smashing Carnival Game Wows Jersey Shore Patrons  —  Last week, a fair near Allentown, Pennsylvania grabbed some attention for its “Alien Attack” shooting-gallery game, where one could shoot at Barack Obama's likeness.  The game was pulled.  But there's still a similar game on the Jersey Shore boardwalk!

Ryan Rips Krugman: ‘Intellectually Lazy’ and ‘Bizarre’ Attack  —  Talking late this afternoon with THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Republican congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin blasted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his “intellectualy lazy” attack on Ryan's fiscal “Roadmap.”

Meehan challenges tea party signatures  —  Pat Meehan speaks with the press outside the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia.  AP  —  Republican Pat Meehan challenged the validity of tea party congressional candidate Jim Schneller's candidacy on Monday, arguing that Democrats improperly helped …

The Rise of the Permabears  —  LONDON — The central question dividing economists these days is whether Western governments should spend more to ward off a potential second recession or retrench to hold down their ballooning debts in a bid to restore confidence among investors.

Conservapedia: E=mc2 Is A Liberal Conspiracy  —  To many conservatives, almost everything is a secret liberal plot: from fluoride in the water to medicare reimbursements for end-of-life planning with your doctor to efforts to teach evolution in schools.  But Conservapedia founder …

Tea Party Infiltration Done Wrong  —  It's rarely convincing when Tea Party activists brush off attacks on the movement by claiming that the bad apples at their rallies are really agents provocateurs.  That's just too convenient.  Sometimes, the people who make you look bad actually are part of your movement.

Merrill's Risk Disclosure Dodges Are Unearthed  —  It was named after a faint constellation in the southern sky: Pyxis, the Mariner's Compass.  But it helped to steer the mighty Merrill Lynch toward disaster.  —  Barely visible to any but a few inside Merrill, Pyxis was created at the height …

Crossroads poll: Dem Senate in peril  —  A new poll conducted for the group co-founded by Ed Gillespie suggests the 2010 landscape might be just volatile enough to give Republicans a shot at taking back the Senate.  AP  —  It's a hope so audacious that few Republicans will even acknowledge it out loud …

A deep bench of substitute justices goes unused  —  Justice John Paul Stevens has been retired from the Supreme Court for more than a month.  Maybe it's time to bring him back.  —  Or perhaps Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.  Since she left in 2006, she's been crisscrossing the nation denouncing …