Lobbyist drafts bill to ban gays from NFL  —  Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman on Monday said he is preparing legislation that would ban gay athletes from joining the National Football League.  —  Burkman in a statement said he has garnered political support for the bill …

Midterm Signals and Noise  —  Why Democrats Could Do Better in November Than Everyone Thinks  —  It may be that the greatest contribution in Nate Silver's young life is not the PECOTA system he developed for evaluating baseball players and projecting their future contributions …

Don't wait to veto SB 1062, Gov. Brewer  —  Our View: Every day that ticks by hurts Arizona more  —  FONT:  —  By Editorial board  —  Many voices, one message: Gov. Jan Brewer, veto this bill.  —  Do it immediately.  Do it with compassion and dignity.  Do it for Arizona.

Dick Cheney: President Obama favors food stamps  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday night called the Pentagon budget proposed “absolutely dangerous.”  —  Appearing on Fox News's “Hannity,” he said President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on food stamps …

Blue Devil: The Duke Porn Star and College Costs  —  Stories about soaring college costs are perennial media favorites, at once playing to parental anxiety while highlighting a genuine education problem.  But this one was different: A Duke University freshman confirmed to her college paper …

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations  —  One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how western intelligence agencies are attempting to manipulate and control online discourse with extreme tactics of deception and reputation-destruction.

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: Supreme Court Afraid of The Daily Show  —  Discussing his latest piece in the New Yorker magazine, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin scolded the United States Supreme Court for continuing to refuse to allow television cameras into that body during oral arguments.

Bobby Jindal, Dannel Malloy tangle outside White House  —  A group of governors emerged midday Monday from a meeting with President Barack Obama that stressed bipartisan cooperation — but that sentiment didn't last as far as the White House driveway, as a Republican who's …

Holder Sees Way to Curb Bans on Gay Marriage  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday injected the Obama administration into the emotional and politicized debate over the future of state same-sex marriage bans, declaring in an interview that state attorneys general …

Obama administration: Health law's new rules will increase costs for most small businesses  —  Nearly two-thirds of small businesses that currently offer health insurance to their workers will pay more for coverage as a result of new rules in the health care law, as will millions …

Virginia Republican Says A Pregnant Woman Is Just A ‘Host,’ Though ‘Some Refer To Them As Mothers’  —  Steve Martin Virginia State Senate Steve Martin Virginia Steve Martin Host Steve Martin Pregnant Woman Host Pregnant Women Hosts Pregnant Woman Host Steve Martin Pregnant Women Virginia Abortion Rights Virginia GOP Politics News

Netflix mocks Amazon Prime Air with hilarious ‘Drone 2 Home’ video  —  BY RICHARD LAWLER @RJCC FEB 25TH 2014 6:56AM  —  Netflix's not-Qwikster DVD-by-mail business doesn't get the same amount of attention as the company's streaming arm, but as this video (embedded after the break) shows, it still has some imagination.

Stand Your Ground With Your Smartphone  —  If law enforcement can track people with impunity, why not fight fire with fire and record the police?  —  Yesterday's paper brought yet another amazing story from the alternative universe that is Florida.  In the land of jai alai and alligators …

THE FEAST OF FAT THINGS … The president's proposed Defense budget is already putting congressional dainties in a bunch, but we'd like to point out that within that budget, the F-35 fighter jet — aka, The Flying Swiss Army Knife, aka The Amazing Jet-Propelled Lemon Of The Skies — has managed mysteriously to survive once more.