Obama's Very Personal Deal With Iran  —  Did he finally earn that Nobel?  —  T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool / Getty Images  —  A little more than four years ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee embarrassed President Barack Obama with an unearned Peace Prize.  —  The announcement praised him for having …

Filibuster Rope-a-Dope?  —  Did the crafty Mitch McConnell just succeed in getting Democrats to damage their long-term interest by nuking the filibuster?  I've always defended the filibuster (and still do) as a valid anti-majoritarian device, especially useful for when fitful voters …

Don't Dare Call the Health Law ‘Redistribution’  —  WASHINGTON — Rebecca M. Blank was a top candidate in 2011 to lead President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, but then the White House turned up something politically dangerous.  —  “A commitment to economic justice necessarily implies …

Right vs. Left in the Midwest  —  MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin's Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques  —  LUANDA - According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country.  —  “The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved …

Sens. Corker, Cardin react to nuclear deal with Iran; Sarah Palin talks D.C. dysfunction, Bashir comments  —  Special Guests: Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., Sarah Palin  —  This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” November 24, 2013.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations  —  WASHINGTON — Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts stores, closes on Sundays, costing its owners millions but honoring their Christian faith.  —  The stores play religious music.  Employees get free spiritual counseling.

SAPD officer accused of rape  —  A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before.  At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.

Munich II  —  No, that's not a facile, partisan jab.  What just went down in Geneva is, in fact, a replay of the greatest diplomatic tragedy of the 20th century.  —  The Munich deal rested on the ridiculous notion that Hitler could be satiated.  The new pact builds on the equally ludicrous idea …

MEATWORKER DIPLOMACY  —  Australian pride is restored.  —  This is no small accomplishment, considering the depths to which we sank in 2009, when then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered this wince-making speech to that year's United Nations climate conference in Denmark:

In rural Kentucky, health-care debate takes back seat as the long-uninsured line up  —  | in BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. — On the campaign trail, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was still blasting the new health-care law as unsalvageable.  At the White House, President Obama …

Sarah Palin Humiliates Herself On Fox News By Not Knowing What the Nuclear Option Is  —  Sarah Palin hit a new low even for her today, by apparently not knowing what the nuclear option is during an interview on Fox News Sunday.  —  Video:  —  Palin said, … I don't think Palin knows exactly what the nuclear option is.