One-Party Control Opens States to Partisan Rush  —  CHICAGO — Come January, more than two-thirds of the states will be under single-party control, raising the prospect that bold partisan agendas — on both ends of the political spectrum — will flourish over the next couple of years.

Egypt's Morsi grants himself far-reaching powers  —  CAIRO — Egypt's president on Thursday issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight and ordered the retrial of Hosni Mubarak for the killing of protesters in last year's uprising.

Barack Obama, Fashion Magnate  —  One of the funnier story lines of the 2012 presidential campaign was Barack Obama's decision—or rather, campaign manager Jim Messina's decision—to inaugurate a fashion line that the campaign sold on its website.  This included everything from Thakoon Panichgul silk scarves …

DesJarlais: Regret past actions, no plans to resign  —  ET lawmaker talks divorce revelations  —  PHOTO BY SAUL YOUNG, 2012 KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL // BUY THIS PHOTO  —  U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais is pictured at the La Quinta Inn in Chattanooga, TN on Wednesday, November 21, 2012.

Who's Really to Blame for the Wal-Mart Strikes?  The American Consumer  —  The Wal-Mart workers threatening to walk off the job on Black Friday aren't just fighting their employer.  They're fighting a whole system.  —  Forget the stampeding shoppers, the half-priced waffle irons …

A Guide To Talking Politics At The Thanksgiving Table  —  “And remember, no talking politics.  Most of the people there will be liberals and you know how badly they react to opinions different from their own.  Remember what happened last time.”  —  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)  —  Do I ever.

Letter: Employers using loopholes in ACA  —  When my better half told me that her boss was thinking about cutting all full-time employees to part time in order to avoid the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act insurance requirements (for full-time employees), my initial response was …

Seeking Ways to Raise Taxes but Leave Tax Rate As Is  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators, trying to avert a fiscal crisis in January, are examining ideas that would allow effective tax rates to rise for the wealthy without technically raising the top tax rate of 35 percent.

SURPRISE: PA COLLEGE SLASHES INSTRUCTORS' HOURS TO AVOID OBAMACARE  —  Pennsylvania's Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is slashing the hours of 400 adjunct instructors, support staff, and part-time instructors to dodge paying for Obamacare.  —  “It's kind of a double whammy …

Israel dominates the new Middle East  —  As missiles and rockets exploded in Israel and Gaza, television news was dominated by the tragic violence, and we were warned that the battle between Israel and the Palestinians might spread because we are in a new and much more dangerous Middle East.