A Massachusetts court decision could have enormous implications for the way real estate foreclosures are done across the country.

The latest U.S. jobs report is an "utter mess" according to one analyst.

Ron Brownstein writes about exit poll data from the last election which shows white voters fleeing the Democratic Party in droves, especially white, working class men. While the Democrats may be able to win elections without those voters once minority voters become the majority, they will have a hard time in the interim. As for now, this points to something most of us who analyze politics have known for some time, that the old New Deal coalition is finally dead.

Kevin Williamson replies to Paul Krugman about Texas.

David Brooks writes about the plethora of problems with the new health care law.

The governor and legislators in Illinois are looking at big tax increases to get their budget in balance. Almost every state faces big budget problems and they will all have to raise taxes, cut spending, or do some combination of both to get those budgets into balance.

On the federal level, by contrast, the unbalanced budget just goes on and on. The current situation, with a need to raise the debt ceiling looming on the horizon, could be an opportunity for the GOP, or a disaster.