People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000, Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest Since 1981  —  it is just getting sad now.  In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to  —  88,419,000.  This is the highest on record.

NBC Wags Dog For Bill Clinton, Who Let Osama Escape  —  Media: NBC's presentation of “Rock Center with Brian Williams” last Wednesday night demonstrated that MSNBC's Chris Matthews isn't the only one who feels tingles up his leg when he talks with or about President Obama.

Romney Speaks Out On Grenell Resignation: We Don't Select People Based On ‘Their Sexual Preference’  —  Mitt Romney spoke out about the resignation of ex-foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell during an appearance on Fox News this morning.  In doing so, the former Massachusetts governor failed …

Clinton Cites ‘Progress’ on Chinese Dissident  —  BEIJING — In her first public comments on the dissident Chen Guangcheng since arriving in China, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that she was encouraged by “progress” in a diplomatic crisis that has deeply embarrassed …

Mitt Romney issues Ohio challenge to President Obama  —  Welcome to Ohio.  I have a simple question for you: Where are the jobs?  —  As we enter the fourth year of your term, unemployment is over 8 percent and has been for your entire term.  Nearly 23 million men and women are unemployed …

The dangerous new Obama book  —  Months before Barack Obama knew Mitt Romney would be his political opponent in 2012, the president knew the identity of his foremost literary challenger: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Maraniss, who had been reaching out to Obama's old friends, classmates and lovers for the past several years.

Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity  —  Before the Great Recession, I would sometimes give public lectures in which I would talk about rising inequality, making the point that the concentration of income at the top had reached levels not seen since 1929.  Often, someone in the audience …

Gingrich: Romney said untrue things  —  Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney on Thursday of saying “things that weren't true,"but fell short of reasserting his claim that Romney was a liar.  —  “I still believe that the Romney campaign said things that weren't true,” said Gingrich on CNN's “Situation Room.”

OBAMA PRAISES NAZI SUPPORTER IN JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION  —  President Barack Obama issued a proclamation yesterday in celebration of Jewish Heritage Month that lauded Nazi supporter Gertrude Stein, the Algemeiner reports.  —  Stein, who was Jewish, supported the puppet Vichy regime …

‘Julia’  —  Alas, Team Obama has omitted a few milestones from the life of Julia:  —  4 months: Julia's mother decides that giving birth will be hard on her figure.  She kills Julia.  Under Barack Obama, her right to do so is absolutely nonnegotiable.  —  10 years: Trapped in a failing …

Romney faces a narrow path to 270 electoral votes, but his team remains optimistic  —  BOSTON — Mitt Romney faces a narrow path to win the presidency, one that requires winning back states that President Obama took from Republicans four years earlier and that has few apparent opportunities …

Secondary Boycotts and the Breakdown of Civil Society  —  Activist groups of various political stripes are increasingly urging boycotts of companies not because of the companies' own behavior, but because of the behavior or speech of those the companies patronize or support.

Noonan: The Case for Dick Lugar  —  Washington needs seasoned statesmen, especially at a time of national crisis.  —  Let's wade into an argument, and on what may well be the losing side.  —  The most recent polls suggest Dick Lugar, the senior U.S. senator from Indiana, first elected in 1976 …