Obama To Scott Walker: ‘Bone Up On Foreign Policy’  —  Anyone who thinks President Obama will shy away from presidential politics in 2016, think again.  —  Obama scoffed at Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's suggestion that he would, on Day 1, revoke any nuclear agreement with Iran if he is elected president.

The Inside Story of the Civil War For the Soul of NBC News  —  Brian Williams's fabrication was just the latest, and worst, of the debacles that have plagued NBC News since NBCUniversal was bought by Comcast in 2011.  Who is to blame?  —  On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 4 …

Fighting Against ‘Rape Culture’ Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry  —  Rolling Stone's journalistic malpractice is not merely a cautionary tale about “confirmation bias.”  —  The extensive post mortem that Rolling Stone commissioned in the wake of Sabrina Rubin Erdely's now infamous …

Party politics: Two small tents, with most Americans on the outside  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) (R) stands with Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) after a White House meeting in Washington, October 10, 2013.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  —  The big tents are shrinking.

New Poll Shows Plurality Of Americans Support Religious Freedom  —  A new poll released by WPA Opinion Research on behalf of the Family Research Councill shows that the vast majority of Americans support religious liberty in the workplace.  Last week saw Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) …

Abortion Opponents Are Quietly Going After One Of The Top Medical Schools In The Country  —  One of the most well-respected OB-GYN programs in the country could be forced to stop teaching its students how to perform abortions, if the North Carolina legislature ends up approving a piece of legislation that was introduced this month.

T&C Philanthropy 2015, with Activist-in-Chief Bill Clinton  —  Supporting 3,100 projects in 180 countries, the Clinton Foundation is the most powerful reimagining ever of what post-presidency can be.  But can the fixer-in-chief work his magic on Haiti?  —  I am standing under …

I'm gay.  And I want my kid to be gay, too.  —  Sally Kohn is an essayist and a CNN political commentator.  —  I live in the liberal bubble of Park Slope, Brooklyn, where no yuppie would ever admit to wanting their kid to be anything in particular, other than happy.

NEW BOOK BY DICK CHENEY TAKES ON BARACK OBAMA  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The next book by former Vice President Dick Cheney is aimed directly at President Barack Obama.  —  Cheney's “Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America” will be published on Sept. 1 by Threshold Editions, the publisher announced Tuesday.

A Reminder About Netanyahu, Iraq, and Iran  —  Just a few weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a figure with huge influence in American politics.  There he was addressing Congress, with Republicans practically carrying him into the House chamber on their shoulders.

Anti-Abortion Group's Effort To Defund Family Planning Clinics Backfires Spectacularly  —  Signs of support to counter the right-wing picketers outside the family planning clinic  —  CREDIT: Courtesy of Maine Family Planning  —  This week, a network of family planning clinics …

Hey, Christian Business Owners: The Government Isn't ‘Forcing’ You To Do Anything  —  You may have heard that the government is forcing businesses not to discriminate.  It isn't.  If you chose to run a business, you have to follow the laws.  If you don't, that's a choice—and you choose to suffer the consequences.

How Hillary Clinton kept them guessing  —  Hillary Clinton is expected to announce that she will launch her bid for president in January, sources say.  Er... April.  Er... July.  —  In the last year, at least 20 journalists from as many news organizations have tried to put a date …

A New Challenge for Mayor Bill de Blasio: Paying for 2 Children in College  —  He lives rent-free in an Upper East Side mansion, owns two homes in a prime Brooklyn neighborhood and earns a six-figure salary supervising hundreds of thousands of employees.  —  But Mayor Bill de Blasio …

Laurence Tribe Fights Climate Case Against Star Pupil From Harvard, President Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Laurence H. Tribe, the highly regarded liberal scholar of constitutional law, still speaks of President Obama as a proud teacher would of a star student.  “He was one of the most amazing …