Good Riddance to Brotherhood's Fake Democrats  —  A few months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan told me about his meetings with Mohamed Mursi, the now-deposed president of Egypt.  The king wasn't fond of Mursi, both because the Egyptian was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and because Abdullah found Mursi exceedingly stupid.

E Pluribus Unum  —  It's that time of year — the long weekend when we gather with friends and family to celebrate hot dogs, potato salad and, yes, the founding of our nation.  And it's also a time for some of us to wax a bit philosophical, to wonder what, exactly, we're celebrating.

Police Commandeer Homes, Get Sued  —  LAS VEGAS (CN) - Henderson police arrested a family for refusing to let officers use their homes as lookouts for a domestic violence investigation of their neighbors, the family claims in court.  —  Anthony Mitchell and his parents Michael and Linda Mitchell sued …

In U.S., 64% Want Their Child to Avoid Career in Politics  —  Little change over time in percentage favoring political career  —  PRINCETON, NJ — By a 2-to-1 margin, 64% to 31%, Americans would not like their child to go into politics as a career.  The results are the same whether …

Job Growth Posts Large Gain in June; Rate Holds  —  U.S. job growth accelerated in June thanks to a big jump in hospitality and service workers, according to a report that is likely to trigger more debate about how aggressively the Federal Reserve will begin pulling back on monetary easing.

Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden's airport stay  —  (Reuters) - Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge in, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow's growing impatience over the former U.S. spy agency contractor's stay at a Moscow airport.

I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political  —  WASHINGTON — In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status.  Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group's leaders a series of questions …

The Lord of U.S. Labor Policy  —  Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, defies Congress and the courts on behalf of Big Labor.  —  For a true expression of the imperious and extralegal tendencies of the Obama administration, there is little that compares with the Wisdom of Solomon.

The American Revolution was a flop  —  Paul Pirie, a former historian, is a freelance writer in Ontario.  —  The easiest way of assessing whether the United States would have been better off without its revolution is to look at those English-speaking countries that rejected the American Revolution …

Rasmussen Poll Says Blacks Are More Racist Than Whites  —  The right-leaning polling firm Rasmussen Reports dove into America's views of race on Wednesday with a bizarre survey that concluded most of the nation thinks blacks are more likely to be racist than whites.

Résumé Shows Snowden Honed Hacking Skills  —  In 2010, while working for a National Security Agency contractor, Edward J. Snowden learned to be a hacker.  —  He took a course that trains security professionals to think like hackers and understand their techniques …