John Kerry: The betrayal  —  Op-ed: Astoundingly, the secretary's intervention in the Hamas war empowers the Gaza terrorist government bent on destroying Israel  —  When The Times of Israel's Avi Issacharoff first reported the content of John Kerry's ceasefire proposal on Friday afternoon …

The Republican Move to Sue Obama  —  Rather than getting on with the country's business and focusing solely on can't-wait issues before they jet out of town this weekend — like the unfinished bill to fix veterans' health care and the stalled bill to deal with the humanitarian crisis …

Palin Skirts The ‘Media Filters’ With Launch Of Her Digital Video Channel (VIDEO)  —  Sarah Palin bypassed those pesky “media filters” on Sunday and launched her own eponymous online network.  —  “Tired of media filters?  Well, so am I,” the former Republican vice presidential candidate wrote in an announcement on her Facebook page.

Outside Money Drives a Deluge of Political Ads  —  WASHINGTON — An explosion of spending on political advertising on television — set to break $2 billion in congressional races, with overall spots up nearly 70 percent since the 2010 midterm election — is accelerating the rise of moneyed interests …

My party has lost its soul: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and the victory of Wall Street Democrats  —  A former Clinton aide on how Democrats lost their way chasing Wall Street cash, and new populism the party needs  —  1.  —  In 2006 the Atlantic magazine asked a panel of “eminent historians” …

Tax Avoidance du Jour: Inversion  —  In recent decisions, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has made clear its view that corporations are people, with all the attendant rights.  They are entitled to free speech, which in their case means spending lots of money to bend the political process to their ends.

The New Republican Populism  —  WHEN Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, he did so in an unusual way for a Democrat: As the candidate of the rich.  He raised more in large-dollar donations than any of his rivals and raked in more cash from Wall Street than John McCain.

My Challenge to the Washington Post  —  To reclaim your credibility (and the mainstream media's, at large), I challenge you to engage in the same aggressive investigative journalism you courageously employed 42 years ago covering President Nixon.  The public knows of our current president's incompetence …

Where Is The Monopsony Power?  —  You hear it claimed relatively often today that low wage employers have monopsony power.  For example, this is a sometimes cited explanation for the claim that there is no disemployment effect of the minimum wage.  A monopsony is when an employer has market power …

Finding our fathers  —  Bringing dads back to their sons is the only honest answer to the crisis of young black men  —  For millions of black Americans, Barack Obama's legacy is not going to be Obamacare, nor his decision to move troops out of Iraq, nor what he does about immigration.

At 2:30 A.M., Jews Blast Shema Prayer at Muslim Neighborhood  —  Tired of waking up to muezzin calls on loudspeakers in the middle of the night, Jews from Armon Hanatziv in Jerusalem mounted an aural counterattack.  —  Armed with loudspeakers, they blasted the “Shema” incantation …