The Infinite Circle of Black Responsibility  —  In 2006, after being a United States senator for one year, Barack Obama made an appearance on Meet the Press.  After talking about the Iraq War for a while, Tim Russert asked Obama this: “I want to talk a little bit about the language people …

When May I Shoot a Student?  —  BOISE, Idaho — TO the chief counsel of the Idaho State Legislature:  —  In light of the bill permitting guns on our state's college and university campuses, which is likely to be approved by the state House of Representatives in the coming days …

Noonan: America and the Aggressive Left  —  Half the country feels—and is—beset by government.  That's not progress.  —  The constant mischief of the progressive left is hurting the nation's morale.  There are few areas of national life left in which they are not busy, and few in which they're not making it worse.

Putin's Ukraine Gambit  —  Henry Kissinger once pointed out that since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.  All undone, of course, by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Russian president Vladimir Putin called “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century.”

Dem senators push IRS to cap political activity  —  A group of Democratic senators urged the Obama administration on Thursday to cap the amount of political activity that tax-exempt 501(c)(4) groups can engage in at 5 to 15 percent.  —  The 15 senators, in public comments on a proposed regulation change …

The fight for Mitt Romney's donors is on  —  Mitt Romney knows how to raise money.  He collected more than $1.1 billion in the 2012 campaign, relying on contacts he built during his time as Massachusetts governor, head of the Salt Lake City Olympics, years working in private equity …

Changes (Personal/Professional)  —  Some news: I have informed Princeton that I will be retiring at the end of next academic year, that is, in June 2015.  In August 2015 I will join the faculty of the Graduate Center, City University of New York, as a professor in the Ph.D. program in economics.

‘I was given every s*** job in the world by Obama’: Biden makes astonishing revelations about his relationship with the President as it's claimed he was ‘frozen out’ by White House over gay gaffe  — Vice President Joe Biden reveals he willingly took the President's more ‘bothersome’ tasks …

Larry Summers Nails The Radical Economic Implications of The Facebook-WhatsApp Mega-Deal  —  Larry Summers gave a speech today at the National Association For Business Economics (NABE) conference in Arlington Virginia.  —  In his speech he said some really sharp stuff about the significance of WhatsApp …

Formerly Withheld Documents  —  Please find below documents that were previously withheld under the Presidential Records Act for restrictions P2 (appointment to federal office) and/or P5 (confidential advice between the President and/or his advisors and between those advisors).

Outrage Over Sexist Remarks Turns Into a Political Fund-Raising Tool  —  In the past few months, Republicans have called Wendy Davis, a Democratic candidate for Texas governor, “Abortion Barbie,” likened Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Senate candidate from Kentucky, to an “empty dress,” …

Syrian extremists amputated a man's hand and live-tweeted it  —  The extremist Syrian group deemed too radical even for al-Qaeda performed what may have been a Twitter first Friday: live-tweeting the amputation of a hand.  —  The amputation took place in the remote rural town of Maskaneh …

House to vote for one-year individual mandate delay next week  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS OBAMACARE  —  In the latest salvo against President Obama's health care law, the House of Representatives plans next week to vote on a bill to delay the individual mandate for a year.

Cruz: ‘I Am Absolutely Convinced We Are Going To Repeal Every Single Word Of Obamacare’  —  WASHINGTON (CBS DC/AP) — Tea Party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz is still holding out hope that President Barack Obama's health care law will be repealed.  —  The Republican senator from Texas …

Mt. Gox Files for Bankruptcy  —  TOKYO — Mt. Gox, the troubled exchange for the virtual currency Bitcoin, filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday and said that it might have lost all of its customers' coins in a hacking attack.  —  The Tokyo-based exchange, which warned earlier this month …

Kerry Kennedy Is Found Not Guilty of Driving While Impaired  —  WHITE PLAINS — After nearly 20 months of buildup, the misdemeanor trial of Kerry Kennedy ended on Friday in a breakneck blur, as jurors took one hour to find her not guilty of driving under the influence of a drug.

911 audio released from Fort Lee traffic jam  —  (CNN) - Officials in Fort Lee, New Jersey released 911 audio Friday from September when two out of three access lanes were closed to the George Washington Bridge, ultimately causing massive traffic gridlock across the city for four days …

Four of five FCC study authors gave to Obama  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA FCC  —  A significant problem with the now-suspended Federal Communications Commission plan to have government contractors question journalists about editorial decisions and practices was that it was a partisan exercise.

Paralyzed GOP Lawmaker On Medicaid Opposes Medicaid Expansion  —  More than a decade ago, Arkansas Rep. Josh Miller (R) was in a catastrophic car accident that broke his neck and left him paralyzed.  Medicare and Medicaid paid the $1 million bill for his hospitalization and rehabilitation.

Report: Checks stop 2.1M gun buys  —  Federal background checks have stopped more than 2.1 million would-be gun purchases in the 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Brady gun control bill, according to a report released Friday by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Wall Street threatens GOP on bank tax  —  Wall Street is warning Washington Republicans: the money spigot is turning off.  —  Rep. Dave Camp's tax proposal - which jacked up taxes on banks and threatens the bottom line of some major private equity players in New York - has infuriated donors in high-finance.

Rubio gets second look from GOP after Venezuela speech  —  2013 wasn't the greatest year for Sen. Marco Rubio.  After starting out as the tentative GOP frontrunner for president, the Florida Republican devoted himself to passing immigration reform only to awkwardly back away from the issue after conservatives rebelled.