How A Conservative Radio Host Inspired Ben Carson To Apply To Yale  —  Ben Carson told reporters a story on Friday that he has written about several times: as a high school senior, he could only afford to apply to one college, and he decided he would apply to the school that won a face off …

Here's Hillary Clinton's big 2016 challenge, in one chart  —  As many have already observed, one of the big questions that will help decide whether Hillary Clinton wins the White House next year is this: Can Clinton turn out the coalition that helped power Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 wins at the same levels that the president did?

Tim Wolfe, University of Missouri President, Says He's Resigning Amid Racial Unrest  —  The president of the University of Missouri said Monday he is resigning amid mounting criticism of his handling of racism on the school's campus network.  —  Tim Wolfe's exit came two days after black members …

Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio  —  With the two Republican presidential hopefuls on the rise, the Texas hardliner is subtly trying to undermine his rival.  —  For Ted Cruz, the single biggest obstacle to winning the Republican nomination may not be outsider candidates Donald Trump …

Four Reasons the Missouri Football Strikers are Cowardly Liberal Lazy Douchebags  —  UPDATE: Mizzou's President has apparently resigned, proving that some people think negotiating with terrorists is a good idea, even when those terrorists are 1-5 in the SEC.

Fox Business Channel Star Maria Bartiromo to GOP Candidates: Grow Up  —  Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday.  —  When it comes to running a presidential debate …

Despair, American Style  —  A couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “down on America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Cat impression.  He had a point: With job growth at rates not seen since the 1990s, with the percentage of Americans covered …

Bernie Sanders, Lover of Genocidal Tyrants, Is Anything But Cute  —  In a reality show election starring Hillary Clinton, it takes real effort to be the most appalling, disgusting, and morally bankrupt character in the cast.  Enter stage left Bernie Sanders, the “democratic” socialist.

Bachmann: Jesus is ‘coming soon’  —  Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls in an interview for converting as many people as possible to Christianity because Jesus is “coming soon.”  —  The 2012 Republican presidential candidate made the comments in a radio interview last week with Tony Perkins …

Only Conservatives Can Save The American Campus-But Should We?  —  What does it take to generate a rabid, Maoist-style mob demanding political purges, on an Ivy League campus, in 2015?  An email defending “offensive” Halloween costumes, apparently.  —  That's what kicked off the latest nadir …

Politics and the New Machine  —  “I am who I am,” Donald J. Trump said in August, on the eve of this season's first G.O.P. Presidential debate, and what he meant by that was this: “I don't have a pollster.”  The word “pollster,” when it was coined, was meant as a slur, like “huckster.”

Inside the abandoned plans of Ted Cruz's super PACs  —  Cruz: I tried to rescue my sister from a crack house  — Keep the Promise II has not reserved any television time and has no plans to air advertisements until March or April  —  Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz enjoys millions of dollars …

Back to “Business” at the Supreme Court: The “Administrative Side” of Chief Justice Roberts  —  Introduction  —  This November, like every November for decades, the Harvard Law Review published its annual review of the U.S. Supreme Court's most recently completed Term — October Term 2014.