Sen. Bob Kerrey: Partisan torture report fails America  —  Intelligence agencies need guidance to do better, Senate Democrats failed to provide it.  —  I regret having to write a piece that is critical of the Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Elizabeth Warren to Dems: Kill the bill  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on Democrats in the House to use their leverage and reject a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open until a measure tucked inside rolling back a piece of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is removed.

College president sorry for saying ‘All lives matter’  —  Smith College President Kathleen McCartney never meant to say “all lives matter,” she explained to angry students.  —  The president of prestigious Smith College is red-faced and apologetic Tuesday for telling students on the Northampton, Mass., campus that “all lives matter.”

Lena Dunham: Why I Chose To Speak Out  —  The ways I've been attacked for sharing my story show how far we have to go when discussing sexual assault.  —  Mike Marsland / WireImage / BuzzFeed  —  It has been almost a decade since I was sexually assaulted.

Millionaires' choice for president: Hillary  —  Top presidential pick among millionaires is ...  CNBC's Robert Frank reveals the result of a recent survey which shows Hillary Clinton as the top presidential choice for the 2016 election.  Also Ken Langone explains why he is backs New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender  —  Students at Acalanes High School in Northern California were given this gender identity chart in a sex ed class conducted by the local Planned Parenthood chapter.  —  Students at one northern California high school …

Plurality-Winning Governors Elected At Century-Long High Water Mark  —  The rate of gubernatorial candidates elected without the support of a majority of voters is at its highest level since the 1910s  —  The 2014 election cycle fell far short of the projected upheaval in the number of governors ousted from office in November.

Exposing deceit as he ‘humbly’ begs our pardon  —  Modesty does not become Jonathan Gruber, the man who both helped conceive (in 2009) and unmask (in 2014) ObamaCare.  —  Gruber tried to eat humble pie Tues­day as he appeared before a House committee to explain video footage that emerged …

Rep. Peter King: Senate Report Not Torture, Just People Having “To Stand In Awkward Positions”  —  “We're not talking about anyone being burned or stabbed or cut or anything like that.  We're talking about people being made to stand in awkward in positions, have water put into their nose and into their mouth.

Judge sets deadline for James Risen subpoena  —  A federal judge is giving Attorney General Eric Holder one week to decide whether to press forward with the Justice Department's years-long effort to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify against one of his alleged sources …

The Fed prepares to make a mistake  —  ON FRIDAY my colleague noted that while job growth in America is hustling along, inflation remains well below the Fed's target rate.  He adds: … I would just add that my colleague may be a bit too optimistic regarding just how close the economy is to full employment.

Rick Santorum is running for president again — and says this time will be different  —  Rick Santorum won primaries and caucuses in 11 states in 2012, coming in a respectable second in the GOP presidential primary season.  And Republicans have a history of bestowing their nomination on the next guy in line …

Bank of America sees $50 oil as Opec dies  —  “Our biggest worry is the end of the liquidity cycle.  The Fed is done.  The reach for yield that we have seen since 2009 is going into reverse”, said Bank of America.

James O'Keefe's “victim” farce: A con artist's vile new attempt to raise cash  —  Playing on racial tensions in post-Katrina Louisiana, behold the low-life's plan to profit off Ferguson and Garner  —  In thinking about the recent incidents of police killing unarmed black citizens …

Democrats lost the South through culture war and elitism  —  Fritz Hollings, John Edwards, Zell Miller, Blanche Lincoln, John Breaux, Kay Hagan, Mark Pryor and Mary Landrieu.  These eight Democrats have been senators from the South in the past decade.  —  If not for Southern Democrats …

The Torture Report Reminds Us of What America Was  —  BETHLEHEM, Pa. — I SPENT this semester teaching creative writing at Lehigh University.  I've been a soldier, a police officer and an interrogator.  So hearing students call me “Professor” and assigning homework was a significant change of pace.