Sen. Coburn: Kagan ‘Ignorant’ of Constitutional Principles; 'I Wouldn't Rule Out a Filibuster'  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has provided some of the most contentious exchanges of the rather tame Elena Kagan confirmation hearings.

The Most Unhappy Fellow  —  Our Independence Day weekend winner of the title of Most Unhappy Person in Washington is: John Boehner, the House minority leader.  —  I know this is a bit of a surprise since the award almost always goes to the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, whose job is frequently compared to herding cats.

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Andrew Sullivan  —  Leave it to Andrew Sullivan.  It's been 24 hours since I offered $100,000 for the full list and contents of the Ezra Klein's four-year experiment in political-journalist editorial collusion — the on line progressive jazz fusion station known as JournoList.

New study documents media's servitude to government  —  A newly released study from students at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government provides the latest evidence of how thoroughly devoted the American establishment media is to amplifying and serving (rather than checking) government officials.

Christopher Hitchens diagnosed with cancer, cuts short his book tour  —  Christopher Hitchens is being treated for cancer, forcing the D.C. writer to cut short his latest book tour.  In a statement released through his publisher Twelve, the British-born provocateur, 61, said that he has …

Portland police will investigate accusations that Al Gore groped woman  —  Portland police announced today that it will re-open and investigate a Portland massage therapist's allegations that former Vice President Al Gore sexually assaulted her at a downtown hotel in October 2006.

Standing Up to the Unholy Alliance Between Washington and Wall Street  —  Wall Street and its allies have been calling the shots in Congress for decades, so they must be glad to see how things are shaping up on financial regulatory reform.  Congress is about to vote on a final bill that fails …

DNC names four cities as finalists to host 2012 convention  —  DNC chairman Tim Kaine named four cities on Wednesday that could host the 2012 Democratic National Convention.  —  Washington (CNN) - The Democratic National Committee has named four cities as finalists to host the 2012 Democratic convention.

CBO tells Obama deficit panel that forecast remains bleak  —  President Obama's overhaul of the health-care system has done little to improve the nation's fiscal outlook, and his pledge to extend an array of tax cuts for the middle class would only make things worse, congressional budget analysts said Wednesday.

In Clarence Thomas's gun rights opinion, race plays a major role  —  He hardly ever speaks during oral arguments, often appearing asleep on the bench.  But in his written opinion Monday supporting the right to bear arms, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas roared to life.

VA hospital may have infected 1,800 veterans with HIV  —  (CNN) — A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to dangerous viruses like hepatitis and HIV.  —  John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters …

Obama Travels to Wisconsin to Tote Disastrous Stimulus Bill... Tea Party Breaks Out (Video)  —  President Obama, the worst jobs president in American history, traveled to Racine, Wisconsin today to tote his disastrous economic policies that have tripled the national deficit and nearly doubled the US unemployment rate.

West Virginia pols weigh moving Byrd special election to November  —  The special election for the late Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-W.Va.) seat might not have to wait until 2012 after all.  —  Just two days after the senator died and Secretary of State Natalie Tennant (D) declared an election …

Have Obama and the Democrats forgotten how to fight?  —  One of the strangest lead sentences I have ever encountered appeared in Politico last week.  It read: “John Kerry has been the most aggressive advocate of climate change legislation in the Senate this year — so aggressive that it's rubbed some of his colleagues the wrong way.”

Broadband ‘legal right’ for Finns  —  Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen.  —  From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection.  —  Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a 100Mbps connection by 2015.

Can Your Genes Make You Murder?  —  When the police arrived at Bradley Waldroup's trailer home in the mountains of Tennessee, they found a war zone.  There was blood on the walls, blood on the carpet, blood on the truck outside, even blood on the Bible that Waldroup had been reading before all hell broke loose.

Prayer Leader: Supreme Court Decision May Signal Onset of Church Persecution  —  A 5-4 Supreme Court decision Monday requiring Christian campus groups on public universities to accept gay students as members and leaders may signal the beginning of religious persecution in the U.S., says prayer leader Lou Engle.

My Testimony on Kagan Nomination and on Democrats' Attack on Roberts Court  —  Within the broad range of responsible commentary, there's plenty of room for reasonable criticism of decisions of the Roberts Court.  I wouldn't think it controversial that such criticism, at a minimum …