The Supreme Court and Gay Marriage  —  For the second time in three terms, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the constitutionality of same-sex marriage.  The last time around, the justices declined to take up the broad question.  This time, there is every reason for them to follow …

Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.

French Prime Minister: ‘I Refuse to Use This Term Islamophobia’  —  Manuel Valls argues that the charge of ‘Islamophobia’ is often used to silence critics of Islamism.  —  The prime minister of France, Manuel Valls, has emerged over the past tumultuous week as one of the West's most vocal foes of Islamism …

Sam Brownback reverses course, proposes new taxes  —  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, whose massive tax cuts became a cause célèbre for conservatives but threw his state's budget into disarray, announced Friday that he would pursue tax increases.  —  In a stark turnaround …

The racial politics of seating white sex offender in state legislature  —  Last month, Joseph Morrissey was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a sexual relationship.  The girl worked as a receptionist in Morrissey's law office.

Analysis: CBO contradicted the latest case against Obamacare 68 different times  —  The Congressional Budget Office wrote 68 reports about the Affordable Care Act during the session that Congress debated the law.  Not one of them, a new analysis from Harvard University's Theda Skocpol …

2015: It's time to fire the IRS  —  Imagine what would happen if a retail store or company like Best Buy or Home Depot announced it has plans to slash customer service, that it will make people stand in lines for at least a half hour, and that any customer due a refund will have to wait several weeks.

Jindal doubles down on Muslim ‘no-go zones’ in Europe  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, will give a speech Monday in London and reiterate the disputed claim that Muslim immigrants have created “no-go zones” in Europe where non-Muslims are not welcome.

12 Taylor Swift GIFs for you  —  1. Last week, President Obama announced his latest idea to provide “free” community college to millions of Americans.  It sounded exciting at first...  2. But then, we got to thinking...  3. Free?!  Is he using magic money?  Nothing is free.  So we did a little math.

Trying To Understand Why Marc Andreessen And Larry Summers Disagree Using Facebook  —  I was a little puzzled to see that Larry Summers and Marc Andreessen were disagreeing.  Not over something as trivial as politics or anything, they can disagree all they like on that, of course.

Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty  —  For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data, a statistic that has profound implications for the nation.

VIDEO: Men Apologize To Women Who've Had Abortions: Sorry ‘This Is Available’  —  In a video entitled “The Apology,” three Christian men apologize to women for allowing them to have an abortion and for not putting up a fight “for the opportunity to save a child.”

Saudis ‘to review’ flogging of blogger Raif Badawi  —  The case of a Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes has been referred to the Supreme Court by the king's office, the BBC has learned.  —  Blogger Raif Badawi's wife said the referral, made before he was flogged 50 times last Friday …