I've spent the past 2 days trying to convince my 16 y/o she is not a “slut” **Updated x 3  —  I can hardly type, can hardly put this into words!  I have been writing and rewriting this because if I don't break down in tears, I get so angry that I can't think straight!

THE VETTING, PART I: BARACK'S LOVE SONG TO ALINSKY  —  Prior to his passing, Andrew Breitbart said that the mission of the Breitbart empire was to exemplify the free and fearless press that our Constitution protects—but which, increasingly, the mainstream media denies us.  —  “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

NBC/WSJ poll: Primary season takes ‘corrosive’ toll on GOP and its candidates  —  As another round of voting takes place this week in the Republican presidential race - with 11 states holding Super Tuesday contests - a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the combative …

Eric Cantor Compares Contraceptive Mandate to Kosher Food  —  I think the Republicans know they overreached this time with the contraceptive debate and the Blunt Amendment.  But being a Republican means never having to say you're sorry.  You obfuscate, you reframe the debate into something …

Likud politicians mock Obama AIPAC speech  —  Labor's Yacimovich calls the speech “unquestionably pro-Israel”; Livni blames Netanyahu for tensions.  —  Israeli reactions to US President Barack Obama's speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington on Sunday were divided along party lines.

Tennessee Primary: Santorum 34%, Romney 30%, Gingrich 18%, Paul 8%  —  Just two days before Super Tuesday, the Republican primary race in Tennessee has become a two-man competition between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.  The first Rasmussen Reports survey of Likely GOP Primary Voters …

Australian state toughens law for Muslim veils  —  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Muslim women in Australia's most populous state will have to remove veils to have their signatures officially witnessed under the latest laws giving New South Wales officials authority to look under religious face coverings.

Putin Wins Presidency, but Opposition Keeps Pressure  —  MOSCOW — Russian voters overwhelmingly granted Vladimir V. Putin a six-year term as president on Sunday, a widely expected outcome that set the stage for a far more suspenseful post-election confrontation between the freshly emboldened leader …

Santorum backs nullifying existing gay marriages  —  There are 18,000 married gay and lesbian couples in California and at least 131,000 nationwide according to the 2010 census, conducted before New York state legalized same-sex marriage in July.  —  Rick Santorum says he'll try to unmarry all of them if he's elected president.