- American exceptionalism is nothing to brag about
 - Is my sister after my beau?
 - Obama’s unparalleled spy state
 - David Talbot starts Open America: “The only way to keep power honest is to keep its operations visible”
 - Twitter comic prodigalsam: I did not plagiarize Patton Oswalt, others
 - The bogus Tesla backlash: What if the Internet saves the middle class?
 - Lena Dunham: “I get so tired of having to cry out ‘misogyny'”
 - IRS official apologizes for lavish spending
 - Turkey’s prime minister calls for end to protests
 - Guards detail sexual harassing prison from hell
 - Jonah Lehrer scores book deal
 - Big Data arms Big Brother
 - Hollywood sexism is somehow getting worse
 - Dear Sunday shows: Book Wyden, not McCain
 - Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” send-off
 - Must-see morning clip: Gary Busey’s commencement speech
 - As senator, Obama wanted to curb data collection he now defends
 - U.S. economy adds 175,000 jobs
 - The sad decline of Komen for the Cure
 - Bachmann: I might run for president in 2016
 - Job growth not fast enough
 - Bus driver becomes improbable spokesman for school hunger
 - NSA’s dragnet is indefensible
 - SATs have nothing on China’s dreaded gaokao exam
 - Obama: No one is listening to your phone calls
 - Why the right is confounded by military sexual assault
 - “You can’t have 100-percent security and also have 100-percent privacy”
 - Alleged cheating husband gets shamed on Facebook
 - 5 things you need to know about government spying
 - Twitter reacts to the NSA leak with dark humor
 - Campaign staffer: Booker to enter New Jersey Senate race
 - Mr. President, we’re not reassured
 - America the passive
 - Privacy tools are a joke
 - Welcome to the age of Bush-Obama
 - Adam Scott, Amy Poehler deliver “The Greatest Event in Television History”
 - How powerful elites divide the rest of us
 - Despite Obama’s claim, FISA court rarely much of a check
 - Can Christians get along with America?
 - Judge behind Verizon order tied to free trip from libertarian think tank
 - Shooting near Santa Monica college
 - Over 40 Gitmo detainees now force-fed
 - John Oliver promises most “memorable interview in the history of television”
 - Secret Obama order demands list of foreign cyber targets
 - Indonesia’s Miss World competition bans bikinis
 - Commenters threaten writer with rape after she argues against rape jokes
 - How bad is this Photoshop job of Melissa McCarthy?
 - We need a break from Jon Stewart
 - Stop likening NSA to a private company!