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Dick Cheney's Non-Walk Back Walk Back on Sarah Palin
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has walked back—or let's just say "updated"—his comments that it was a mistake to select Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate in 2008.
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We May Never Know If Mountain Dew Dissolves Mouse Carcasses
Last January's very viral, very gross story about a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he'd found a mouse in his can of Mountain Dew has finally come to a close, with the defendant, Ronald Ball, reaching some undisclosed settlement with Pepsi.
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The White House Is Cool with Rubio's Olympian Tax Exemption
The White House said Monday that President Obama would support exempting Olympic medalists from the taxes they'd typically pay on their winnings, backing up a proposal Sen. Marco Rubio's proposed last week.
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Jay Gatsby Will Be Running a Little Late
Warner Brothers announced Monday that Baz Luhrmann's 3D version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has been postponed from this December to summer 2013, bringing several more months of anticipating/fearing the very gaudy looking adaptation.
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The Mars Rover Is a Terrible Rebuttal to 'You Didn't Build That'
NASA's 'Curiosity' Mars rover landed on the red planet Monday, and because pretty much everything is political until November, at least a few of President Obama's detractors have turned it into the least convincing rebuttal to his "You didn't build that" speech ever.
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Five Best Monday Columns
Susan Crawford on the Olympics and the Internet, Peter Beinart on Romney's taxes, Josh Barro on Chick-fil-A's defense, Richard Hasen on voter fraud, and Bill Keller on leaks.
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The Tennessee Democrats Would Prefer You Not Vote for Their Nominee
The Tennessee Democrats have asked that people write-in a candidate of their choice rather than vote for the party's nominee to face Sen. Bob Corker, reports The Tennessean, and that's because the guy who won the Democratic primary, Mark Clayton, sounds ... let's just say not that mainstream.
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Yes, Even Ryan Lochte Pees In the Pool
Fine, we get it: Even this year's big swimming breakout celeb Ryan Lochte pees in the pool, you guys.
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You Won't Have Rick Gorka's 'Anatomical Parts' To Kiss For A While
Mitt Romney's travelling campaign spokesman Rick Gorka will be taking some time away after he got so frustrated at reporters that he exclaimed, "kiss my ass," and what's entertaining to us about this sabbatical is that it extends the time "family newspapers" will write about the incident without actually writing about the incident.
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Five Best Friday Columns
Ezra Klein on Romney's tax plan, Peggy Noonan on the campaign, William Reilly on fuel efficiency standards, Stephen Carter on inequality, and Joshua Green on demographics.
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NBC: Fine, You Can Watch This One Race Live Without Paying
NBC is dropping its paywall and allowing people to stream the 200 meter men's individual medley race featuring rival teammates Ryan Lotche and Michael Phelps, according to All Things D, which is sort of an interesting concession to the many who aren't super happy the network is keeping the best races for primetime
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Abraham Lincoln: Death Sentence Pardon Hunter
Slate editor David Plotz revives interest Thursday in a great piece of Abraham Lincoln writing.
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Five Best Thursday Columns
Jared Diamond on Romney's 'culture' argument, Juliette Kayyem on India's power outage, Steve Salbu on Chick-fil-A, Michael Kinsley on success, and Robert Samuelson on medical imaging.
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The North Korean Roller Coaster Rider Mystery Is Solved
When North Korean state media released this delightful photo of newly(ish?)-wed Kim Jong Un on a roller coaster ride, discerning viewers wondered at the identity of the white guy grinning a few rows ahead of him, and at long last Mother Jones magazine has sussed it out: He is Barnaby Jones, a British diplomat at the embassy in Pyongyang
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Marco Rubio Wants Tax Reform for Olympians
While criticizing the "complicated and burdensome mess" that is our tax code, Marco Rubio proposed an exemption on the taxes Olympic medalists pay on their prize winnings Wednesday.
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Congressman Somehow Worked 9/11 Into a Birth Control Mandate Protest
Republicans held a press conference on Wednesday to protest the Obama administration's requirement that private insurers cover birth control, which goes into effect today, and Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania wins the award for most sensational rhetoric.
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There Is Such a Thing as August
"There is no such thing as August," reports The Washington Post's Dan Zak on this, the first day of August. But, rest assured readers: We've double-checked Zak's reporting, and it appears to be a false alarm. August does, in fact, exist.
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Five Best Wednesday Columns
Ed Kilgore on the Texas primary, Sanjay Gupta on medical mistakes, David Ignatius on anti-leak legislation, Handel Reynolds on mammography, and Steven Rattner on bank regulation.
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Gail Collins: What I Read
Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and author most recently of As Texas Goes... buys three newspapers every morning and hopes Jon Stewart won't scoop her at night.
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The Federal Government's Saving Its Shut-Downs for After the Election
Good news: The federal government came to a spending agreement Tuesday, most likely avoiding a shut-down long before most of us started seriously started stressing about it.
