Justice Scalia must resign  —  Justice Antonin Scalia needs to resign from the Supreme Court.  —  He'd have a lot of things to do.  He's a fine public speaker and teacher.  He'd be a heck of a columnist and blogger.  But he really seems to aspire to being a politician — and that's the problem.

Why Is Nobody Listening to Jimmy Carter's Searing Critique of America?  —  The former president accuses his post-9/11 successors of breaking the law and trampling on human rights.  That should be a bigger deal.  —  If you told the average American that there was a very powerful politician who …

Polls: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck in Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire  —  A new round of NBC News-Marist polls shows President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney running almost neck-and-neck in three key battleground states, with Obama holding a slight advantage in Michigan and North Carolina …

‘Today’ co-host Ann Curry will bid farewell today  —  Ann Curry's voice chokes when she talks about saying goodbye this morning on NBC's Today show, years earlier than she had hoped.  —  It's “going to be a bit of a tough day,” she told USA TODAY in a 40-minute phone interview Wednesday …

TPMDC  —  The Supreme Court's Lurch To The Right (CHARTS)  —  The modern Supreme Court is the most conservative since the 1930s.  —  The median justice during the Roberts Court is more conservative than at any time during the last 75 years, according to a statistical method developed …

JPMorgan Trading Loss May Reach $9 Billion  —  Losses on JPMorgan Chase's bungled trade could total as much as $9 billion, far exceeding earlier public estimates, according to people who have been briefed on the situation.  —  When Jamie Dimon, the bank's chief executive …

Obama super PAC continues Bain assault  —  The pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action keeps up its assault on Mitt Romney's business record with a new ad this morning, hitting the former Bain Capital executive for having turned a profit even on deals that saw companies go bankrupt.

Black lawmakers plan walkout during contempt vote  —  The Congressional Black Caucus plans to walk off the House floor during tomorrow's votes to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress, according to a letter being circulated among members of Congress.

The Perfected Self  —  B. F. Skinner's notorious theory of behavior modification was denounced by critics 50 years ago as a fascist, manipulative vehicle for government control.  But Skinner's ideas are making an unlikely comeback today, powered by smartphone apps that are transforming us into thinner …

Turkey sends heavy weapons to Syria border  —  (AP) ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, state television reported on Thursday, days after the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syrian forces heightened the tensions between the two countries.

The Left's effort to discredit all conservative thought … Popular in Politics  — White House: ‘Millions and millions and millions of dollars’ of ads turned Americans against Obamacare  —  Closed-minded dismissal of opposing views has gone from being a bad habit of conservatives to a core strategy of the Left.

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No Joke: Obama Admin Suggests Throwing Parties To Get More People On Food Stamps...  This is on top of the recent $2.5 million advertising campaign they launched.  —  Via this USDA pamphlet on ways to recruit people for SNAP (pdf): … HT: anon