Fantastic feature story on the raid to get Osama bin Laden.

"Republicans will supposedly have an incentive to make concessions the next time around, because defense spending will be among the areas cut. But the G.O.P. has just demonstrated its willingness to risk financial collapse unless it gets everything its most extreme members want. Why expect it to be more reasonable in the next round?"

The New Yorker wraps up what bin Laden has changed in America.

Andrew Sullivan writes about the reaction to Obama asking for a return to 1967 borders in Israel.

Depressing news from recent White House actions.

"Obama has chosen cowardice and expediency over principles and honesty. And that choice undermines his stirring rhetoric much more than any sloppy choice of words could have."

What qualifies as the actual middle class? Hint, it's not even remotely close to the $250,000 figure Obama proposes.

"How broken is Washington? Beyond repair? A day in the life of the president reveals that Barack Obama’s job would be almost unrecognizable to most of his predecessors."

"I used to think that the Tea Party consisted of well-meaning budget hawks, peppered, like all movements, with crazies who own markers."

"A recent ‘tea party’ rally showed lots of anger toward President Obama, but little consistent support for liberty in America."