For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling  —  Linda Davidson/THE WASHINGTON POST - Lyle Denniston, 81, has covered the Supreme Court for nearly six decades.  After working at several newspapers, he joined SCOTUSblog in 2004, though he says he has “no patience” for computers.

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 …

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 …

News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Businesses to Enhance Strategic Alignment and Increase Operational Flexibility  —  Separation Would Create Two Category-Leading Public Companies  —  News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today announced that it intends …

‘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 …

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.

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 …

Obama Is A Job-Outsourcing Hypocrite  —  Politics: The president accuses his likely opponent of outsourcing jobs as his re-election campaign hires telemarketers in Canada and the Philippines.  And what about GM in China and those electric cars built in Finland?

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 …