So, perhaps it was a hot Irish temper that caused the ruckus on the Gates porch, but not from the Irish cop.

Could computers generate another financial panic?

They might not have a vote on the health reform bill in the House before the August recess.

A Bipartisan Senate panel may report out a health reform bill that Obama won't like. Harold Meyerson says they should be ignored.

Michael Gerson says the President's policy of engagement with the regimes in North Korea and Iran is dead. I suspect the only engagement that will work with those fellows is when an American warrior engages them with his weapons, which is why I am not optimistic about a happy outcome in either case.