As a thought exercise, how many predators would have to be on the team before you'd no longer feel like cheering?
Why I won’t be cheering for old Notre Dame
Tom Ricks to MSNBC: You're just like Fox, only not as good at it
Women in combat: Fewer stars, but the bombs don't know the difference
Cancer, lies and video logs
Paula Broadwell and the public’s right to know it all
Hillary’s hallowed history. Where’s Bill?
If Hillary runs for president again, we will have to talk about Bill.
Kasandra Perkins forgotten victim in Jovan Belcher murder-suicide
Kasandra Perkins was the victim of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher in a headline-grabbing murder-suicide, but she's just one of an estimated 1,500 women a year who are killed by a domestic partner.
Jo Ann Emerson steps down to spend more time making money
Missouri Republican Jo Ann Emerson a 16-year veteran of the House, become the second member of the 113th Congress to quit the office before the session even begins.
What ‘Lincoln’ leaves out, and why it matters
SHE THE PEOPLE | It's a movie, not a civics lesson. But where are the African Americans who fought for their own liberation?
Gennifer Flowers: Bill Clinton may not have won without me
Without Gennifer Flowers's confession of an affair, Bill Clinton may have never been president. Or so says Flowers.
Who fakes cancer on the Internet? Women
The community that women seek when cancer strikes can backfire if a manipulator enters the arena.
A woman’s place is in a House Committee Chair
A women's place in the House has been recognized for nearly a hundred years but it still balks at putting them at the head of the table.
Tom Ricks to MSNBC: You’re just like Fox, only not as good at it
This was no mere partisan smackdown; it was more subversive than that, and even more bracing.
Women in combat: Fewer stars, but the bombs are just as deadly
I'm not sure how you say 'irony' in Pashto or Dari, but in a part of the world where women are kept hidden most of their lives -- "protected" from education, independence and fresh air -- what kind of sense does it make to limit the role of the American women warriors who are there in part to bring Afghanistan's women new freedoms?