Satan worshipers drown women with milk in Planned Parenthood counter-protest  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Satan worshipers launched a counter-protest against pro-lifers outside the Detriot and Ferndale, Michigan Planned Parenthood locations Saturday.

Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters  —  Since 1953, to be nominated for a Hugo Award, among the highest honors in science fiction and fantasy writing, has been a dream come true for authors who love time travel, extraterrestrials and tales of the imagined future.

Nobody Could Have Predicted, Interest Rates Edition  —  Sorry about sparsity of posts; on the road for family reasons, with real life getting in the way of digital.  But I did see a number of people praising remarks from Charlie Munger declaring himself “flabbergasted” by low interest rates …

The Fed looks set to make a dangerous mistake  —  Raising rates this year will threaten all of the central bank's major objectives  —  Will the Federal Reserve's September meeting see US interest rates go up for the first time since 2006?  Officials have held out the prospect that it might …

Harry Reid endorses Iran deal, boosts chances Congress won't block it  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid gave a forceful endorsement Sunday to the nuclear deal with Iran, a key boost that provides continued momentum for preventing Congress from blocking President Obama's pact.

Trumpus Maximus Goes to Mobile  —  About two hours before gates opened for Donald Trump's out-of-nowhere, only vaguely explicable rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, a gaggle of us journalists began to work the line.  The line—already 1,500 deep two hours out—was a dream …

Two Arrested in Alleged Pokemon Championship Threat  —  Two Iowa men are under arrest on weapons charges after Boston police were alerted to alleged threats of violence against participants at the Pokemon World Championship, police said today.  —  Security officers at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston …

Dean: Hillary email answers too ‘lawyerly’  —  Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday that Hillary Clinton's response to her email issues had been too “lawyerly.”  —  “One of the problems is that Hillary Clinton is an incredibly smart lawyer,” …

Scott Walker Completes The Journey Back To Not Repealing The 14th Amendment  —  Days after saying he wanted to end birthright citizenship, the Wisconsin governor says he doesn't.  —  WASHINGTON — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) affirmed on Sunday that he would not seek to end birthright citizenship …

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why ‘Black lives matter’ resonates … This is a column about three words of moral cowardice:  —  “All lives matter.”  —  Those words have risen as a kind of counter to “Black lives matter,” the movement that coalesced in response to recent killings and woundings …

Hillary's e-mail defense is ‘total BS’: former State Dept. officials  —  Former State Department security officials don't buy Hillary Clinton's latest alibi that she couldn't tell that government e-mails — which she improperly, if not illegally, kept for several years on an unsecured home server …

Donald Trump attended big-donor fundraiser last month  —  Despite his prior pledge to self-fund his campaign, the billionaire businessman now appears to be embracing big donors.  —  Donald Trump has boldly touted his independence from big donors, in June proclaiming “I'm using my own money” …