We're getting wildly differing assessments  —  The announcement of the Supreme Court's decision largely upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Thursday, June 28 precipitated a genuine media drama.  Millions tuned in to get the result in real time, and were rewarded …

Barney Frank Weds Jim Ready  —  IT was perhaps fitting that Representative Barney Frank met his future husband, Jim Ready, at a political fund-raiser in 2005.  —  “I told him I had a crush on him for 20 years,” said Mr. Ready, recalling that meeting.  —  And what did Mr. Frank make of that?

U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren't there  —  Michelle Amaral wanted to be a brain scientist to help cure diseases.  She planned a traditional academic science career: PhD, university professorship and, eventually, her own lab.  —  But three years after earning a doctorate …

Gibbs: ‘Nobody knows’ if Romney is a tax dodge  —  Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs said Sunday that Americans simply don't know enough about Mitt Romney's finances to determine if he's doing anything illegal.  —  “We don't know.  Nobody knows,” the former White House press secretary …

McConnell sees 50-50 chance of GOP winning back Senate majority  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Republicans have even odds of winning back the Senate majority in this fall's elections.  —  “Fifty-fifty.  I think it is going to be a very close, competitive election,” McConnell said on CNN.

The 11 Ways That Consumers Are Hopeless at Math  —  This is your brain on shopping, and it's not very smart  —  You walk into a Starbucks and see two deals for a cup of coffee.  The first deal offers 33% extra coffee.  The second takes 33% off the regular price.  What's the better deal?

The Gary Johnson factor  —  Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's chances of becoming president haven't changed much over the course of the 2012 cycle, during which he ran for the Republican presidential nomination, participated in two national debates, dropped out of the primaries and reentered …

US Airways plane gets stuck in ‘soft spot’ on pavement at Reagan National  —  View Photo Gallery — D.C. region sweats its way through heat wave: First came the record-setting heat, then the storm that knocked out power.  Without air conditioning, residents are doing their best to stay cool.

Allen West: Social Security Benefits Are ‘A Form Of Modern 21st Century Slavery’  —  During an appearance on Fox News on Sunday, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) compared social programs like Social Security to slavery, arguing that President Obama's failed economic policies are creating a culture of …

LePage says IRS ‘new Gestapo’ in radio address  —  Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to blast President Obama's health care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the “new Gestapo.”  —  The IRS description was a reference to a provision in the Affordable Care Act …

Organic Food Purists Worry About Big Companies' Influence  —  Michael J. Potter is one of the last little big men left in organic food.  —  More than 40 years ago, Mr. Potter bought into a hippie cafe and “whole earth” grocery here that has since morphed into a major organic foods producer and wholesaler, Eden Foods.