N.Y. Times keeps Cruz off bestseller list  —  The New York Times informed HarperCollins this week that it will not include Ted Cruz's new biography on its forthcoming bestsellers list, despite the fact that the book has sold more copies in its first week than all but two of the Times' bestselling titles, the On Media blog has learned.

The Note: Jeb Bush, The $114 Million Man  —  NOTABLES  —IN THE MONEY: Jeb Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise, will report having raised $103 million over the first half of the year.  His campaign took in $11.4 million in just two weeks, ABC's CHRIS GOOD notes.

Greece's Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S.  —  Greece is a faraway country with an economy roughly the size of greater Miami, so America has very little direct stake in its ongoing disaster.  To the extent that Greece matters to us, it's mainly about geopolitics …

Hillary Clinton's Lies  —  Hillary Clinton entered this race treating the press like a nuisance at best; marks whom she could easily distract with a bit of misdirection.  When she's not corralling photographers in their allotted, roped-off stations, she's mocking their efforts to cover her serial mendacities.

Trump: RNC chairman ‘probably’ leaked call  —  Donald Trump said in an interview airing late Thursday that Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus “probably” leaked details of a call between the pair this week.  —  “I just don't know how the story got out,” Trump …

Go Set A Watchman: read the first chapter - interactive  —  An exclusive extract from the new novel by Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, published on 14 July  —  Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.

Judge jails kids for refusing lunch with dad  —  The children were sent to a juvenile detention facility for defying her orders — while in court — that they go to lunch with their father.  —  CONNECT  —  Three Oakland County children who refused to go to lunch with their father …

I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work.  Instead I came face to face with it.  —  The advantages of race and class are not easily shed, even in a falafel shop.  —  I attended the Edmund Burke School, one of Northwest Washington's small private prep schools …

OPM Announces Steps to Protect Federal Workers and Others From Cyber Threats  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber incident involving Federal background investigation data …

Into the Abyss  —  From the halls of academia to the cover of Vanity Fair.  —  The Caitlyn (née Bruce) Jenner case has engendered if not a new subject at least a newly publicized and sensationalized one.  For an old-timer like myself, transgenderism is reminiscent of the postmodernism …

The Practical Matter of Removing South Carolina's Confederate Flag  —  COLUMBIA, S.C — In a historic moment for South Carolina, the Confederate battle flag is set to be removed from a 30-foot pole on the grounds of the State House on Friday morning.  —  But how?

Wisconsin's Friend at the IRS  —  Emails show a common cause in restricting political speech.  —  Wisconsin's campaign to investigate conservative tax-exempt groups has always seemed like an echo of the IRS's scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.

Obama's immigration orders face dim outlook at federal court  —  The Obama administration faces an uphill battle on Friday when it seeks to convince a panel of federal judges to let the president's executive actions on immigration take effect.  —  The same two Republican-appointed judges …