How Dumb Are We?  —  NEWSWEEK gave 1,000 Americans the U.S. Citizenship Test—38 percent failed.  The country's future is imperiled by our ignorance.  —  What Don't You Know?  Take the Quiz.  —  They're the sort of scores that drive high-school history teachers to drink.

“Why are you apologizing all the time?”  —  With that single sentence made to her Israeli hosts, Sarah Palin demonstrated a greater understanding of the problems confronting Israel than the collective wisdom of all the J.D.'s, Ph.D's, and Masters of International Affairs in the Obama administration combined.

McCaskill will sell ‘the damn plane’  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill is selling the personal plane that has caused her turbulence in recent weeks after POLITICO revealed she used taxpayer money to cover the cost of political travel.  —  The first-term Democrat said she was very happy she was able …

A Very Liberal Intervention  —  In its month-long crab walk toward a military confrontation with Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Obama administration has delivered a clinic in the liberal way of war.  —  Just a week ago, as the tide began to turn against the anti-Qaddafi rebellion …

CNN Poll: Most support no fly zone in Libya but not ground troops  —  Washington (CNN) - Seven in ten Americans support military action by the U.S. and other countries to establish a no-fly zone in Libya, a 14-point increase since last week, according to a new national poll.

US army's ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan  —  Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal  —  Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and public fury triggered by the publication of “trophy” …

Now it's time to defund NPR  —  Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR.  I am a journalist and NPR is an important platform for journalism.  —  But last week my line of defense for NPR ran into harsh political realities.

Stock Footage of Minorities in Pawlenty's Presidential Announcement Video  —  Few minorities are featured in Tim Pawlenty's presidential announcement video, and, as it turns out, most of them were taken from Getty stock footage.  —  Pawlenty, who served as governor of Minnesota until January …

Analysis: Emails favored Walker 2-1  —  One-third of positive emails from out of state … By Kate Golden  —  Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism  —  Gov. Scott Walker was right: The angry crowds in Madison didn't tell the whole story of how Wisconsinites felt.

Why Obama Doesn't Need to Ask Congress Before Attacking Libya  —  It's simple: Most of Washington doesn't want him to.  To coin a phrase: If they want the president to do it, that means it's legal.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Congress's most prominent hawks, who must at this point …

TOO ‘BROKE’ FOR IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS?.... Part of the problem with the budget plan approved by House Republicans is that it has too many problems.  For critics, it's hard to even know where to start with all the spectacular flaws, and Democrats have struggled — if they've even tried …

Costs of Libya Operation Already Piling Up  —  A U.S. F-16 fighter jet takes off from Aviano Air Base in Italy on Sunday.  The cost of the first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn topped $100 million.  —  With U.N. coalition forces bombarding Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi from the sea and air …

For the sins of his father: Gaddafi's son ‘killed in kamikaze pilot attack on barracks’  —  Colonel Gaddafi suffered a massive personal setback today when one of his sons was allegedly killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks.  —  Khamis, 27, who runs the feared Khamis Brigade …

What Ever Happened to the Antiwar Movement?  —  About 100 antiwar protesters, including Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, were arrested Saturday outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.  It's a far cry from the Bush years …

UNIVERSITY DOWNPLAYS STUDENT'S JIHAD THREAT  —  Montreal police are investigating a student who made threats against a conservative club at McGill University, even though university officials determined the student's threats about jihad and wanting to “shoot everyone in the room” were harmless.

Indiana Republicans at a loss without Democrats  —  Legislative timeline  —  Jan. 6: Indiana General Assembly goes into session, and after only nine minutes the first spat breaks out.  Democrats object to the filing of right-to-work legislation, which would bar which bars companies and unions …

Hey, NPR: Fund your own lame liberal humor — and leave my family alone  —  If the obscure and has-been comedians who appear on National Public Radio want to mock conservatives and spread left-wing propaganda, they should do it on their own damned dime.  —  The government-sponsored radio …

Q & A: Herman Cain on Faith, Calling, and Presidential Aspirations  —  Jesus also said, “The poor will always be with us.”  He did not say, “The poor have to always be poor.”  And if you look at the poor in this country, some people don't remain poor.I think that's what Christ expects of us …

Not Quite Copenhagen  —  Is New York too New York for bike lanes?  —  The biker careers against traffic; the driver veers into the forbidden lane; the jaywalker marches, oblivious.  But only the sucker yields.  —  Photo-illustration by Peter Rad  —  On a blustery day this winter …

FLOTUS: ‘American dream’ true in Chile  —  First lady Michelle Obama on Monday lauded higher education as the engine that propelled her to a successful career, and the key reason her husband—whose own family “struggled to make ends meet” when he was a child — became president of the United States.

AZ Senate President Russell Pearce Takes Tentherism To New Level: ‘You Are Not A Citizen Of The United States’  —  One of the most radical offshoots of modern conservatism in the United States is called “tentherism,” which invokes the Constitution's Tenth Amendment to claim that a whole host …

The Beefy Crunch Burrito incident  —  Man upset by price gets in shootout with police; no one hurt.  —  mmondo@express-news.net  —  Members of the SAPD SWAT team work the scene of a standoff at the Rodeway Inn.  Photo: EDWARD A. ORNELAS/eaornelas@express-news.net / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS NFS

Barney Frank: Obama might not have stomach for fight over Elizabeth Warren  —  President Obama may not be willing to endure the ideological battle that would result from nominating Elizabeth Warren to head the new consumer protection agency, a top Democrat said Monday.