Let's Not Be Civil  —  Last week, President Obama offered a spirited defense of his party's values — in effect, of the legacy of the New Deal and the Great Society.  Immediately thereafter, as always happens when Democrats take a stand, the civility police came out in force.

Mean streak: Obama is not as nice as he looks  —  Liberal Democrats were often befuddled by President Reagan's “Teflon presidency.”  —  By their lights, Reagan could commit the most heinous acts, but their criticisms were usually shrugged off by the American people, who judged him a “nice guy” who deserved the benefit of the doubt.

Vandals Break In WI Office - Steal Fleebagger Recall Petitions Hours After It Was Announced Enough Signatures Were Collected (Video)  —  On Thursday Wisconsin conservatives announced that they had collected enough signatures 15,000 to recall fleebagger Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay.

‘Atlas Shrugged’ Derails?  —  Atlas Shrugged: Part I was the top-grossing limited release of the weekend, generating an estimated $1.7 million at 300 single-screen locations.  —  For a pure independent release, Atlas Shrugged: Part I's opening was fine.  But for the first-ever adaptation …

What's Donald Trump really after?  —  Despite an almost universal refusal by Republican establishment figures and the press to take him seriously, Donald Trump is taking very concrete steps toward forming - and announcing - a presidential campaign.  —  He has interviewed at least two people …

Al-Jazeera has fans in Obama W.H.  —  In the halls of American power, the Arab Spring has brought Al-Jazeera in from the cold.  —  Seven years after then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the broadcaster's reporting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable” and President George W. Bush joked …

Unhinged Lunatics Message to Madison Tea Party & Sarah Palin  —  These protesters at the Madison, Wisconsin Tea Party Protest featuring Andrew Breitbart and Sarah Palin unleashed a furious message in the following video.  Unfortunately, we have absolutely no idea what this message means...

US Rep. Mo Brooks retracts ‘socialist’ remark  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks of Huntsville withdrew a statement he made Friday morning on the House floor about other members of Congress being socialists, but he said later he did not regret his remarks and thought Democrats who objected to the label were being “thin-skinned.”

Environmentalists seek gays' advice on President Obama  —  Young environmentalists looking for a success story in pressuring a Democratic administration to advance their goals have found it from an unusual source: the gay rights movement.  —  Environmentalists, especially youth activists …

Rick Santorum says he had ‘nothing to do with’ campaign slogan taken from Langston Hughes poem  —  Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum announced Wednesday that he was forming an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run.  His slogan was, and remains on his website, “Fighting to make America America again.”

Reid leading Senate delegation on weeklong trip through China  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) arrived in Hong Kong Monday for a week-long trip through China that will touch on issues ranging from “clean” energy and currency to human rights and trade.

Holder's 4G tax lax  —  US Attorney General Eric Holder and his brother failed to pay the property taxes on their childhood home in Queens, which they inherited last August after their mother died, The Post has learned.  —  And because their ailing mom, Miriam, was already behind …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Timothy Geithner  —  Plus Tea Party members of Congress and the ‘This Week’ roundtable  —  AMANPOUR: This Week, a ticking time bomb.  All eyes on the exploding national debt.  —  (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Doing nothing on the deficit is just not an option.