What Does Joe Biden Have to Lose by Jumping In to the Presidential Race?  —  It's the silly season of August, and political reporters can only write so many articles about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.  So we get treated to the spectacle of a meeting between Vice President Joe Biden …

National Fronts  —  Trump's rise is mirrored on the European right.  —  From Malmö comes the news that the Sweden Democrats, scrubbed-up neo-fascists who have forsaken the Roderick Spode uniforms, have become Sweden's most popular political party, commanding the allegiance of a quarter of Swedish voters.

Why Donald Trump Won't Fold: Polls and People Speak  —  In the command centers of Republican presidential campaigns, aides have drawn comfort from the belief that Donald J. Trump's dominance in the polls is a political summer fling, like Herman Cain in 2011 — an unsustainable boomlet dependent …

Op-Ed Abortion and the myth of ‘protecting’ women  —  It's been a month since the antiabortion group Center for Medical Progress released an undercover video purporting to prove that Planned Parenthood is illegally selling fetal parts.  The charge was complete nonsense, and mainstream media sources quickly debunked it.

Chris Christie fades into darkness  —  Sinking in the polls and struggling to gain traction in New Hampshire, the New Jersey governor could be relegated to the “kiddie table” debate next month.  —  He was supposed to be the brash, blunt New York-area candidate who told it like it is.

Kentucky GOP greenlights joint Senate, presidential run for Rand Paul  —  The Kentucky GOP's central committee voted Saturday to adopt a presidential caucus system next year, clearing the way Republican Sen. Rand Paul to run for president and reelection at the same time.

Here's why Donald Trump won't win the Republican presidential nomination  —  How meaningful is Donald Trump's impressive lead in the polls, really?  Not very meaningful, think most people in the know.  Here's why.  —  Donald Trump's authoritative lead in early polling in the 2016 Republican race …

Clinton team on alert for undercover sting  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is on high alert for a possible undercover sting, after several women reportedly tried to bait volunteers into breaking federal election law, according to Time.  —  One woman apparently asked how she could funnel additional donations …

Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Way  —  The best thing about Jeff Bezos, the founder, chairman, president and chief executive of Amazon, is that he doesn't give a hoot what anybody else thinks.  The worst thing about Jeff Bezos is that he doesn't give a hoot what anybody else thinks.

Donald Trump, Alabama and the ghost of George Wallace  —  The South rises for Trump, but only 20,000 of them.  —  MOBILE, Ala. — It was immigration, not segregation, that brought some 20,000 southerners — far fewer than predicted — out for Donald Trump on Friday night, but the ghost of George Wallace loomed large.

Train suspect had been flagged as potential risk  —  PARIS — The shooter boarded the packed high-speed train with enough firepower to slaughter dozens in a matter of minutes, and he was foiled not through high-tech security but because two vacationing American service members happened to be there to overpower him.