The New Republic

So the Palin thing didn't completely work out, but I expect the Republican presidential candidate to give this Alaska woman a call: A 22-year-old Alaska woman said on Wednesday she punched a black bear in the face to save her small dog from being carried off and possibly eaten. READ MORE >>

Jonathan Last argues no. He tallies up Romney's mixed record of winning elections in Massachusetts with his poor record during the 2008 primaries, and concludes: I’d argue that his electoral prospects are even worse than they look from his won-loss record. Here’s why: READ MORE >>

 -- Maybe one reason Jewish Republicans like Romney is that he too is a religious minority.  -- The truth behind the "CEOs who make more than their  companies pay taxes" study. -- Our heroic ambassador to Syria.  READ MORE >>

I feel that Hamilton, Ohio has been the home of numerous incidents like this: A repeat public indecency offender has been arrested for allegedly engaging in "sexual activity" with a pink inflatable swimming pool raft, according to Hamilton police. READ MORE >>

Rick Perry, in his anti-Obama spiel, drops in some interesting New Deal revisionism: READ MORE >>

The right-wing Mercatus Center has a new gotcha study about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It finds that not all the workers hired by firms that received stimulus funds were unemployed: READ MORE >>

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-- “it's like Bridges of Madison County meets Copland.” Gawker on Bill O'Reilly, his wife, and the police. -- Perry panic takes over liberaldom.  READ MORE >>

John Ellis thinks so: READ MORE >>

Rich Lowry's defense of Rick Perry seems to badly miss the point: READ MORE >>