Chief Justice Roberts and His Apologists  —  Some conservatives see a silver lining in the ObamaCare ruling.  But it's exactly the big-government disaster it appears to be.  —  White House judge-pickers sometimes ask prospective nominees about their favorite Supreme Court justice.

E-Mails Indicate Paterno Role in '01 Silence About Sandusky  —  Joe Paterno appears to have played a greater role than previously known in Penn State's handling of a 2001 report that Jerry Sandusky had sexually assaulted a boy in a university shower, according to a person with knowledge …

Mitt Romney Wants Americans To ‘Get All The Education They Can Afford’  —  What a shining example this is of Mitt Romney's policy ideas.  In his stump speech yesterday, he mocked President Obama's vision of fairness and opportunity for all by saying he agreed with it.

NBC Meteorologist On Record Heat Wave: 'If We Did Not Have Global Warming, We Wouldn't See This'  —  Tweet of the heat wave, from the National Weather Service:  —  It is friggin' hot!  —  How hot is it?  It's so hot that all-time records are being set in June: “Nashville has reached …

Issa, Grassley release details about Fast and Furious whistleblower retaliation, cover-up  —  House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are asking the Department of Justice's internal investigator to hold accountable anyone who retaliated …

Hood shooting suspect again barred from court  —  FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge ruled Friday against delaying the trial of the Fort Hood shooting suspect, an Army psychiatrist who remains banned from the courtroom because his beard violates Army regulations.

Why are believers ignorant about atheists?  —  When believers talk about atheists, they often don't bother to talk to any first.  What are they afraid of?  —  The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, Monsignor Massimo Paolombella arrives for an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome.

Former Town Official Wishes Cancer on Supreme Court Justices  —  Mike Malzone says he wants them to feel the pain average Americans do.  —  Former Town Councilor Mike Malzone, the founder of the Merrimack Tea Party, said Thursday in a Facebook post reacting to the Supreme Court ruling on health care …

Joe Williams to leave POLITICO  —  Joe Williams, the POLITICO reporter who was suspended last week for controversial remarks he had made on television and Twitter, will leave his job.  —  “After some cordial discussions, Joe Williams and I mutually decided that the best step for him is to begin …

Millions without power as storms pound U.S. following record-setting heat  —  (CNN) — Nearly 4 million homes lost power early Saturday across the Midwest as a fierce line of thunderstorms and winds pounded the region after record-setting temperatures.  —  The storms moved east …

SEAL training range won't show woman as target  —  The Navy will not use a target depicting a Muslim woman holding a gun at a new training range for SEALs in Virginia Beach.  —  The announcement came hours after the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked the Pentagon to remove the target.

D.C. thunderstorms knock out power across region, leaving at least 5 dead  —  The Washington region was still scrambling Saturday to recover from a sudden and violent storm that killed at least five people, uprooted thousands of trees and left more than1.3 million homes and businesses without power …

OBAMA CAMPAIGN CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY ... WITH FUNDRAISER IN PARIS  —  Apparently tiring of US soil as a source of campaign dollars, the Obama campaign is headed overseas — with its celebrity friends in tow.  The European Obama campaign starts next week in Paris on July 4 …

Reluctance in Some States Over Medicaid Expansion  —  WASHINGTON — Millions of poor people could still be left without medical insurance under the national health care law if states take an option granted by the Supreme Court and decide not to expand their Medicaid programs, state officials and health policy experts said Friday.

Macroeconomics and the Centrist Dodge  —  Simon Wren-Lewis says something quite similar to my own view about the trouble with macroeconomics: it's mostly political.  And although Wren-Lewis bends over backwards to avoid saying it too bluntly, most - not all, but most - of the problem comes from the right.