Rand Paul cozies up to the neocons

Imagining Mideast peace with Bill Clinton

U.S. officials say CIA runs elite Afghan fighting force

How to be a true (non-mosque fearing) American

NBC's "Community" to experiment with "Twittersode"

Blockbuster Video prepares to declare bankruptcy

Journalists prefer to voice their opinions

22 charged with flying cocaine from California to Pennsylvania

Florida court overturns gay adoption ban

All-new Salon for smart phones

Wednesday link dump: I am a patriot

Panda versus ninja: Who wins?

Roundup: Do we need "paycheck fairness"?

To my sister I bequeath my massive porn collection

A heart-wrenching portrait of pathological shyness

"Waiting for 'Superman'": Can public education be saved?

Forget the tea party, what about the crumpets?

Privatize Social Security? Hell no!

Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline

The militias' man in the Senate?

Republicans roll out new party manifesto

Zuckerberg donates $100m to NJ public schools

Republican sits for awkward interview on racist essay

William Shatner: As great as he is awful

Lewis Lapham on "the end of capitalism"

Live-tweeting about rape in Haiti

House GOP's Pledge to America: World's saddest to-do list

Megachurch pastor to speak out on sex charges

China takes the Prius hostage

Jon Stewart on "The O'Reilly Factor"

The menace of pilot fatigue

Koch beats Bloomberg in richest New Yorker contest

More Tea Party fallout: Another GOP write-in campaign?

Urban study finds 1 in 5 gay men have HIV

Sean Hannity gives $5,000 to Michele Bachmann

Katy Perry's breasts too hot for "Sesame Street"

Nicaraguan diplomatic official found dead in NYC

The Democratic surrender on tax cuts

Mark Zuckerberg's big gift