Project Air: Yoga Helps HIV-Positive Rape Victims In Rwanda   “When I finished, a young woman put out her hand and said, ‘You know, that’s for children, and we have already reached old age. We are sick.’” The woman was…

If Obama Likes Lincoln So Much, He Should Start Acting Like Him | The New Republic   Over the last four decades, the Republican Party has transformed from a loyal opposition into an insurrectionary party that flouts the law when…

Opinion: The tea party’s terrorist tactics – William Yeomans – POLITICO.com   It has become commonplace to call the tea party faction in the House “hostage takers.” But they have now become full-blown terrorists. They have joined the villains of…

Greg Sargent:  Dems plot the endgame in debt limit fight   “The Senate will wait to act until we see if Speaker Boehner is able to pass a bill in the House,” a senior Senate Democratic aide says. “At the…

Obama Prepares For Stalemate | The New Republic   Boehner offered this rejoinder: The president has often said we need a ‘balanced’ approach — which in Washington means: we spend more… you pay more. The implication is that Obama offered…

Opinion: How Obama can end the agony – Elizabeth Drew – POLITICO.com   An obvious way out of the current impasse over the debt limit exists, if only President Barack Obama would see fit to take it. This exit path…

In response to Norway attacks, right-wing bloggers suddenly demand nuance – The Plum Line – The Washington Post Bruce Bawer, writing in the Wall Street Journal, was beside himself that “this murderous madman has become the poster boy for the…

Carey Mulligan On ‘The Great Gatsby’: Actress Reveals Intense Fitzgerald Research   When you’re adapting to the big screen what many consider to be the Great American Novel — and doing it in 3D, no less — there is going…