CNN Host Corners Darrell Issa Over Claim That Obama Conspired To Target Tea Party  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) claimed on Sunday that political officials in the Obama administration directed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents in Cincinnati …

Goals to Fulfill and Foes to Foil Keep Holder Going  —  WASHINGTON — At the end of last year, with the election decided and the Obama administration in office for four more years, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. considered stepping down.  He decided against it, in part because before he left …

Michael Douglas: oral sex caused my cancer  —  Actor reveals to the Guardian that HPV, transmitted through oral sex, was responsible for his throat cancer  —  James Ball: is Douglas right about cunnilingus cancer link?  —  The Basic Instinct star Michael Douglas has revealed that his throat cancer …

Obama was pushed by Clintons into endorsement of Hillary in 2016: book  —  President Obama made a secret deal to support Hillary Clinton when she runs for president in 2016, campaign sources say, payback for the support her husband gave him in 2012.  —  Bill Clinton's animosity toward Obama is legendary.

Mitt Romney Inc.: The White House That Never Was  —  In the months before the 2012 election, a group of high-powered consultants and political operatives prepared a secret report for candidate Mitt Romney, explaining how he should take over and restructure the federal government should he win the presidency.

China's Economic Empire  —  HONG KONG — THE combination of a strong, rising China and economic stagnation in Europe and America is making the West increasingly uncomfortable.  While China is not taking over the world militarily, it seems to be steadily taking it over commercially.

What's Happening In Turkey?  —  As some longtime readers know, I'm a turkophile.  So I've been extremely eager to get a grip on just what's going on there over the last 48 hours (quick version: massive street protests in Istanbul, perhaps spreading to other parts of the country).

Congresswoman Opposes Pay Equity Laws Because Women 'Don't Want The Decisions Made In Washington'  —  Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) offered an odd view on women's paycheck fairness and equity laws on Sunday, suggesting that federal legislation on workplace equity is condescending to women who are well-qualified for the workplace.

A Housing Solution Gone Awry  —  In the early 1970s, the architect and city planner Oscar Newman came forth with a book and theory called “Defensible Space,” which relied in part on data from New York City public housing to propose a set of design solutions to the mounting problems of urban living.

NJ Doctor With Occupy Wall Street Ties Indicted on Explosives Related Charge  —  A NJ doctor has been indicted on charges in relation to the storage of bomb-making materials and illegal weapons in his home.  —  From FOX News (via AP): … You may recognize that physician's name, as I did when I read the news report.

Sunni-Shiite Violence Flares in Mideast in Wake of Syria War  —  BAGHDAD — Renewed sectarian killing has brought the highest death toll in Iraq in five years.  Young Iraqi scholars at a Shiite Muslim seminary volunteer to fight Sunnis in Syria.  Far to the west, in Lebanon …