1. equal rites
    Supreme Court Gives Gay Marriage Another Big WinBy declining to take seven different appeal cases.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  2. the national interest
    California’s Radical College-Sex-Law ExperimentThe dangers of “affirmative consent.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. De Blasio Adviser Did Not Disclose Ex-Con BFChirlane McCray’s chief of staff reportedly failed to disclose her partner’s criminal convictions.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  4. the national interest
    WSJ Picks Terrible Day to Call for BushonomicsJobs day was right there on the calendar.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. security breaches
    Someone Pretending to Be a Congressman Just Strolled Backstage With the ObamasMore stories of Secret Service mistakes continue to creep out.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  7. the national interest
    Is Republican Climate-Science Denialism a Mental Block?A second opinion.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. GOP Politicians’ Scariest Ebola WarningsDespite what the CDC says, you might want to start panicking.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. Tech Billionaire Larry Ellison to Host Fund-raiser for Ayn Rand Fever DreamIt will cost $1,500 a person.
    By Jessica Roy
  10. early and awkward
    Hillary Clinton Wished Al Sharpton a Happy Birthday; He Alerted the PressBy sending out a press release about the call.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. comings and goings
    Secret Service Director Resigns Over Terrible Protection of the PresidentJulia Pierson had one job …
    By Joe Coscarelli
  12. the national interest
    Maybe the Boston Herald Cartoonist’s Dumb Watermelon Joke Was Just a MistakeScratch one item off the list of things you’re outraged about today.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. the national interest
    Mitt Romney Figures Out How Secret Recordings WorkThey catch you saying things you believe but would never admit publicly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. security breaches
    Secret Service: White House Now Has Auto-LockJulia Pierson is sorry about that breach.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  15. bill de blasio’s new york
    Mayor de Blasio Expanding Living Wage Law With Executive OrderUp to $13.13 an hour for some workers.
    By Katie Zavadski
  16. international intrigue
    What’s Happening in Hong Kong? Protest ExplainerExcessive force by police has helped a student sit-in explode.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. the national interest
    Tom Cotton Is Now the Perfect RepublicanArkansas once again provides a glimpse of a party’s future.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. international intrigue
    Governor Cuomo Is Spending the Weekend in AfghanistanAlong with some other governors. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. bill de blasio’s new york
    Mayor De Blasio Stands by Aide, Despite Boyfriend’s Sketchy Past Chirlane McCray’s chief-of-staff, Rachel Noerdlinger, is in a longtime relationship with a convicted felon. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  20. the clintons
    Chelsea Clinton’s Baby Is Here, and She Didn’t Name It Liam [Updated]Clinton and husband Marc Mezvinsky went with Charlotte.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  21. islamic state watch
    Britain Agrees to Start Bombing ISIS As WellThe campaign could take “not months but years,” David Cameron warned.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. the national interest
    Today in ‘Paul Krugman Is Definitely Not Arguing With David Brooks’The world’s most awkward debate continues.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. comings and goings
    Eric Holder Is Just About Done Being Attorney GeneralHe’ll step down as soon as a successor is in place.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. the national circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: Obama Has Gotten Us Into a QuagmireThe ISIS campaign is a “dumb war.”
    By Frank Rich
  25. the national interest
    How a Gawker Rant Portended the End of Freedom in AmericaFirst they came for the cell-phone hurlers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. islamic state watch
    U.S. Continues to Bomb ISIS Ahead of Obama’s Case to the U.N.More air strikes overnight in Syria and Iraq.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. the national interest
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Reason Not to Retire Makes No SenseShe may understand the law, but she doesn’t understand the Senate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. obama’s revenge
    Dinesh D’Souza Avoids Jailtime Despite Letter From Estranged Wife Claiming AbuseHe’ll spend eight months in a “community confinement center” for campaign-finance fraud.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  29. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Declares War Against MathIt has long been known to harbor a liberal bias.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. political ads
    Cheating Congressman Declares He’s Blessed to Have a ‘Wonderful Christian Wife’In 2014’s skeeziest political ad.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. the national interest
    Saul Alinsky Secretly Controls Hillary Clinton, TooThe attack that worked so well against Obama in 2008 that Republicans may use it against Hillary Clinton.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. politics
    Someone in Congress Edited Mitch McConnell’s Wikipedia to Say He’s a TurtleThe IP address attached to the edit came from the U.S. House of Representatives.
    By Jessica Roy
  33. dirty old men
    And the Senator Who Called Kirsten Gillibrand Chubby Is …Not one of the usual suspects.
    By Katie Zavadski
  34. demonstrations
    Thousands Participate in NYC Climate MarchIncluding a number of celebrities. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. consent is sexy
    Jon Hamm, Questlove Join Obama’s Campaign to Combat Campus Sexual Assault“It’s On Us.”
    By Katie Zavadski
  36. the national interest
    Have Republicans Finally Gone Too Far in Kansas?The GOP rank and file is revolting against extreme fiscal conservatism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. international affairs
    House Approves Obama’s Plan to Arm Syrian Rebels, Still Doesn’t Like ItDon’t let the rare bipartisan support fool you.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. that’s our joe!
    After ‘Shylock,’ Biden Calls Asia the ‘Orient’Proving that, yes, he is your accidentally racist grandma.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. election 2014
    Senator Actually Says ‘Abortion’ in Campaign AdRemember when the right used culture-war issues to win?
    By Katie Zavadski
  40. islamic state watch
    U.S. Ground Troops Still Possible in ISIS FightThe top U.S. general hasn’t ruled out asking Obama for boots on the ground.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. the national interest
    The Myth of Bill Clinton, Political GeniusMichelangelo plus Einstein?
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. the national interest
    Have Nerds Betrayed the Left?Thomas Frank has identified the enemy of true populism: political science.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. early and awkward
    Hillary Clinton Pretended to Fry Steak and Not Run for President in IowaA sort of campaign stop in the caucus state.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. bill de blasio’s new york
    De Blasio’s Empty House in Brooklyn Apparently Has 24/7 SecurityThey moved to Gracie Mansion months ago.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. breakups
    Mark Sanford’s Ex-Fiancée Makes It Seem Like He’s Kind of a JerkMaria Belen Chapur says that the congressman’s rambling Facebook post wasn’t quite accurate. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  46. early and awkward
    Mark Sanford Announces Breakup in Endless PostOne last walk down the Appalachian Trail.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  47. the national interest
    Here’s What Paul Ryan’s Latest Answer About Ayn Rand Really MeansA brief translation for the uninitiated.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Cheney, Cruz, and the New 9/11 Neocon Freak-OutISIS is the new Saddam.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. international intrigue
    Congressional Reaction to Obama’s ISIS Speech Was Mixed, Even Within Each PartyParty lines don’t mean much when it comes to ISIS.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. Obama Stands Up to ISIS, Still Needs AlliesIf the U.S. wants to avoid sending troops into combat, it needs friends to do the fighting.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  51. foreign affairs
    Obama Announces 4-Point Plan to ‘Hunt Down’ ISIS TerroristsIncluding air strikes in Syria and sending in more U.S. troops.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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