Walker Surging in Iowa Poll as Bush Struggles  —  Hillary Clinton is running away from the potential Democratic field.  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is surging, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is an also-ran and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is dominating in a new poll …

Our Loud, Proud Left  —  FOR the last week, liberal journalists have been furiously debating whether a new political correctness has swept over the American left.  The instigator of this argument was New York magazine's Jonathan Chait, normally a scourge of Republicans, whose essay on what he dubbed …

Huckabee compares being gay to drinking, swearing  —  Washington (CNN)Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says expecting Christians to accept same-sex marriage is “like asking someone who's Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli.”

Disneyland, Measles and Madness  —  A FEW years back, an acerbic friend of mine who was a recent transplant to Los Angeles told me that she itched to write a satirical novel with the following narrative:  —  A group of wealthy, educated people in Santa Monica who deliberately didn't vaccinate …

With Romney Gone, Ryan Says He Will Stay Neutral in 2016  —  That apparently includes even fellow Wisconsinite Scott Walker.  —  When it comes to 2016, Representative Paul Ryan says he has to stay above the fray now that Mitt Romney is out.  —  The Wisconsin Republican …

Texas boy suspended for saying he could make classmate ‘disappear’ with ‘Lord of the Rings’ sorcery  —  The ring little Aiden brought to school may not have been the true ring of power, but it had enough controversy to get him suspended from a Kermit, Texas, school.

Video: Police Appear To Draw Guns On Black Kids Throwing Snowballs  —  Talk of The Sound is run by a friend of mine and he's always been very accurate. … You can hear profanity being uttered by the officer holding the gun which is a direct violation of New Rochelle police rules.

Why Did Amal Clooney Get Asked About Versace While Taking On Armenian Genocide?  —  When a reporter jokingly told Amal Clooney that she was expected to wear Versace to a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights on Friday, she made a quick retort.  —  “I'm wearing Ede & Ravenscroft,” …

How Audiences in Iraq Are Reacting to American Sniper  —  From Michael Moore and Howard Dean to Jesse Ventura and Michelle Obama, we have spent a lot of time discussing the reaction in this country to Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film American Sniper.  But now that the movie has actually …

Ratings Now Cut Both Ways, So Don't Sass Your Uber Driver  —  People routinely use the Internet to review services from plumbers to hairdressers.  Now the tables are turned.  Companies are rating their customers, shunning those who do not make the grade.  —  Hussein Kanji insists he is not a bad Uber passenger.

Retroactively Authorizing War  —  They went largely unnoticed, four words President Obama ad-libbed during the State of the Union address last month as he asked lawmakers to provide legal cover for America's military intervention in Iraq and Syria.  —  “We need that authority,” the president said …