Newt Gingrich commits a capital crime  —  Newt Gingrich — the friend of his detractors, to whom he offers serial vindications — provided on Monday redundant evidence for the proposition that he is the least conservative candidate seeking the Republican presidential nomination: He faulted Mitt Romney for committing acts of capitalism.

The Protester  —  Once upon a time, when major news events were chronicled strictly by professionals and printed on paper or transmitted through the air by the few for the masses, protesters were prime makers of history.  Back then, when citizen multitudes took to the streets without weapons …

Mickey Mouse, Adolf Hitler Allowed On Wis. Recall Petitions  —  GAB Rules Address, Date More Important Than Names  —  MADISON, Wis. — The signatures of Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler will be counted on recall petitions targeting Gov. Scott Walker as long as they are properly dated and include …

2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act  —  This Issue Brief is available on the Internet at:  —  Printer Friendly version in PDF format (2 pages)  —  [Free PDF reader ]  —  How to Obtain a Printed Copy  —  Results released today [12/14/11] …

Marriage Rate In America Drops Drastically … Barely half of Americans over the age 18 are married, according to a new report from the Pew Research Institute.  The number of married couples dropped a startling five percent between 2009 and 2010 and has declined by more than 20 percent since 1960.

Boehner gets tough with Senate: Time to act on House payroll tax extension  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday implored the Senate to act on the House-passed payroll-tax bill, making a bid to wrap up Congress's work for the year and head home for the holidays.

We Handled This Poorly  —  We would like to apologize to anyone who was offended by how we handled our decision not to continue advertising on All-American Muslim when it returns in January.  We decided to advertise on it in the first place because we adamantly support tolerance and diversity.

Inside Wukan: the Chinese village that fought back  —  Something extraordinary has happened in the Chinese village of Wukan.  —  Thousands of Wukan's residents gathered for a second day in front of a triple-roofed pagoda that serves as the village hall  —  For the first time on record …

Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years  —  Data on sales of previously owned U.S. homes from 2007 through October this year will be revised down next week because of double counting, indicating a much weaker housing market than previously thought.

Democratic balanced budget amendment fails in Senate vote, 21 to 79  —  A balanced budget amendment sponsored by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has failed in the Senate by a vote of 21 to 79.  —  Just as the Senate started voting on the Democratic version of a balanced budget amendment Wednesday …

Obama Campaign Collecting GOP Emails  —  The Obama presidential campaign is launching an effort to collect Republican email addresses by inviting its supporters to submit information about their Republican associates to the Obama 2012 website.  —  The effort could help the Obama campaign build …

This slump won't end until 2031  —  Commentary: Our predicament parallels the Long Depression of 1870s  —  LONDON (MarketWatch) — In retrospect, it wasn't hard to see that the markets were becoming dangerously unstable.  Germany had just adopted a new monetary system, and Europe was being flooded with cheap German money.

Obamney Fail: Fox News Mistakenly Uses Barack Obama Photo On Mitt Romney Poll Graphic  —  On America Live Wednesday with Megyn Kelly, Fox News's graphics department had a bit of a problem.  While displaying a poll graphic with the portraits of all the GOP presidential contenders in Iowa …

Middle school student is ‘outed’ to parents  —  LEHI — The Alpine School District is in the national spotlight after a middle school apparently “outed” a student as gay to his parents over safety concerns.  —  District spokeswoman Rhonda Bromley told KSL students in a class …

A First Iowa Forecast: Race Is Still Wide Open  —  We're a few days away from releasing the official version of our polling-based forecasts for the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.  But the statistical work behind the model is done, so I can give you a preview of what the forecasts will look like.

Jet Fuel-Gate Is Obama's New Solyndra  —  Ecofanaticism: SolyndraGate was no isolated case of corrupt government misspending.  The U.S. Navy was just forced to buy 450,000 gallons of biofuels from an Obama-connected firm at an outrageous $16 per gallon.  —  The massive Obama stimulus …

Immigration Crackdown Also Snares Americans  —  A growing number of United States citizens have been detained under Obama administration programs intended to detect illegal immigrants who are arrested by local police.  —  In a spate of recent cases across the country, American citizens …

Ryan to Gingrich: ‘This Is Not the 1990s’  —  Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the influential Budget Committee chairman, has kept his distance from the GOP primary.  But after reading Newt Gingrich's latest comments about entitlement reform, he says the contenders must seriously address the debt crisis, not play political games.

Ron Paul For The GOP Nomination  —  The Dish goes through the process of endorsing candidates in a primary season, not because I'm under any illusions that my endorsement counts.  It probably hurts an insignificant amount, if anything.  I try to make a decision - because it's easy to pontificate …

The end of Sharm el-Sheikh?  Islamist parties call for ban on Westerners drinking, wearing bikinis and mixed bathing on Egyptian beaches  —  Bargain holidays for Westerners looking to get a bit of sunshine and a drink by the pool in the winter could be a thing of the past on Egypt's Red Sea coast.