The markets are punishing Russia more swiftly than diplomats ever could  —  Strongly worded statements, threats of travel restrictions, and summit no-shows.  So far, these are the relatively mild diplomatic implications for Russia of its incursion into Ukraine, as few in the West can stomach …

Sarah Palin: Barack Obama known for ‘mom jeans’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man known for wrestling bears while President Barack Obama is known for wearing mom jeans.  —  “People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil …

New ObamaCare delay to help midterm Dems  —  The Obama administration is set to announce another major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats.  —  As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will announce a new directive allowing insurers …

Insurance Companies as We Know Them Are About to Die  —  And here's what's going to replace them  —  Americans hate health insurance companies.  They are easy targets for everyone to beat up on.  When premiums go up, we blame insurance companies; we do not blame the underlying hospitals …

Obama, the feckless tyrant  —  President Obama is such a weak strongman.  What's more, he is a feeble dictator and a timid tyrant.  —  That, at any rate, is Republicans' critique of him.  With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Obama's critics pivoted seamlessly from complaining about his overreach …

Green group accuses GOP of ‘environmental racism’  —  House Republicans are being accused of “environmental racism” by an environmental group that argues GOP efforts to reform decades-old chemical laws would disproportionately harm minority groups.  —  At issue is draft legislation backed …

Sam Brownback: The possible GOP presidential contender no one's talking about  —  You won't see Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback taking high profile trips to Iowa, South Carolina or New Hampshire.  He's not on the star-studded speech lineup at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year.

Man Accidentally Shoots 12-Year-Old Driving By His House, Immediately Shoots Self  —  An Orlando, Fl. man accidentally discharged a gun on Friday, first striking a 12-year-old girl in a moving car then himself immediately after, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Facebook In Talks To Acquire Drone Maker Titan Aerospace  —  Basis Goes To Intel For Around $100M  —  Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the world who still lack connectivity …

Poll: Democrats' advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge  —  The American people trust Democrats more than Republicans on some of the key issues of the day, but that has not translated into any political advantage in the battle for control of the House and Senate …

Paul Ryan's War on Poverty  —  To his credit, Representative Paul Ryan is trying to start a conversation about poverty.  The test of his seriousness will be whether he ends up talking about spending.  —  Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued a lengthy report today evaluating the U.S. welfare state.

Bob Corker: Now the Auto Union Wants to Muzzle Public Officials  —  The United Auto Workers demand a do-over for a vote the union lost—and want critics like me silenced.  —  Picture an election where an entity is given nearly unfettered access to voters for two years and then is allowed …

Misreading Putin, and history  —  One hundred years after a spark in Central Europe ignited a conflagration from which the world has not yet recovered and from which Europe will never recover, armed forces have crossed an international border in Central Europe, eliciting this analysis …