Virginia Democrat Calls For Forcing Doctors To Accept Medicare And Medicaid Patients  —  You would think that when your party is burying a hole that is getting harder and harder to get out of, you wouldn't want to that hole get deeper faster.  But here is Kathleen Murphy …

I had great cancer doctors and health insurance.My plan was cancelled.  Now I worry how long I'll live.  —  Everyone now is clamoring about Affordable Care Act winners and losers.  I am one of the losers.  —  My grievance is not political; all my energies are directed to enjoying life and staying alive …

Rand Paul on plagiarism charges: If dueling were legal in Kentucky...  Sen. Rand Paul said Sunday that accusations of plagiarism in his speeches makes him wish dueling were legal in Kentucky.  —  “I take it as an insult, and I will not lie down and say people can call me dishonest …

Texas tea party seeks Ted Cruz 2.0: David Barton  —  Texas tea party activists eager to send another firebrand in the mold of Ted Cruz to the Senate have launched a movement to draft evangelical historian David Barton to run against Sen. John Cornyn.  —  Barton, who hosts a daily radio broadcast …

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: @GovChristie to Teacher: “I Am Tired Of You People!”  —  UPDATE: I posted this about 12 hours ago on a late Saturday night, and already it has over 30K hits.  I've never seen blog traffic like this, especially on a weekend.  Is it not obvious that there has been an enormous amount …

Hottest September On Record, Fastest Pacific Warming In 10,000 Years, Warmest Arctic In 120,000 Years  —  Temperature change over past 11,300 years (in blue, via Science, 2013) plus projected warming on humanity's current emissions path (in red, via recent literature.  —  It's been a hot week for global warming.

HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs  —  In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Obama's top economic aides were getting worried.  Larry Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council …

Kochs slam Belafonte's Klan talk  —  A spokesman for the Koch brothers made a rare statement hitting back at criticism of the billionaire industrialists Sunday, taking Bill de Blasio surrogate Harry Belafonte to task for comparing them to the KKK.  —  The remarks were made at a church service …

In the N.B.A., ZIP Code Matters  —  AS the N.B.A. season gets under way, there is no doubt that the league's best player is 6-foot-8 LeBron James, of the Miami Heat.  Mr. James was born poor to a 16-year-old single mother in Akron, Ohio.  The conventional wisdom is that his background is typical for an N.B.A. player.

NSA abused trust, must be reined in  —  It is impossible to forget the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.  And it is not easy to forget what followed: fear, anger and an upwelling of patriotism.  Throughout our nation's history, we've fought in wars both at home and abroad, but until that day …

The seniors getting hurt by Obamacare  —  Medicare Advantage patients are getting hurt in just the way that critics of the President's plan warned that they would  —  The President pledged to protect Medicare benefits.  —  O bamacare has a new message to seniors: Take two aspirins and find yourself a new doctor in the morning.

Senate Vote on Workplace Bias Against Gays Poses a Test for the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — A major test of how carefully Republicans can navigate the intraparty politics of sexuality will come on Monday, when the Senate holds a crucial vote on a bill to outlaw workplace discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transgender people.

How The NRA Made It Easier To Bring Guns Into Airports  —  On Friday, a gunman “pulled a Smith & Wesson .223-caliber assault rifle from his duffel bag” and opened fire on an airport.  Officials have arrested the alleged shooter, 23-year-old Paul Ciancia, who killed a TSA agent and wounded six others at a security checkpoint.