* The 47% statement is devastating—and a continuation of bizarre positions Romney's made on the fundraising trail. * The limitations of Romney's foreign policy beliefs are revealed in his thoughts on dirty bombs. * Noonan advises Romney on his options. * Upper East Side priest distances himself from a
* Romney's mockery of Jimmy Carter encouraged the former president's grandson to find and spread the 47% video. * Six charts analyze government benefits: Most flow to the middle class; a large chunk goes to the elderly and the disabled. * As Europe moves closer to economic federalism, 11
* Why we should be concerned about a maritime dispute between the world's second- and third-largest economies. * Who comprises the 47%: those who are subject to payroll tax, the retired and elderly, and the poor. * Americans who supposedly don't pay taxes live in states that mostly
* On the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, 150 are arrested as the latest stats show the rich have become richer. * Speaking at a private fundraiser, Romney claims 47% of Americans are government-dependent and don't pay taxes. * Instigated by police, anti-Japan protests are being used by
* There are many reasons for the Muslim protests—since none are election talking points, we won't hear them. * More than 20 years of files reveal Boy Scout officials shielded troop leaders suspected of molestation. * Frank Rich spends a week embedded in conservative media. * From 2004, Oliver Griswold tests
* Amid safety concerns over new protests, U.S. withdraws nonessential embassy staff from Tunisia and Sudan. * China sends boats to disputed islands; on the mainland, protesters burn Japanese flags and target Japanese-made cars. * All four states holding same-sex marriage votes are, to varying degrees, fertile ground for gay-
* Few of the luxuries of business exist in foreign policy, where those who ignore your directives cannot be dismissed. * Comparing the candidates' views on the embassy crises—and how foreign policy differs from business. * Basketball hadn't appeared on the president's official schedule, and so we
* I've rarely been so self-conscious of the limits of my job trying to describe Aleppo. * Only John Kiriakou will be held as part of America's torture policy: for whistle-blowing. * Technology has enabled a couple of loonies to start a mini-war in the Muslim
* On the hunt for the director of Innocence of Muslims: He's not an Israeli Jew; he's a California felon using a pseudonym. * Trailer for the absurd Innocence of Muslims. * This is not simply a matter of "politicizing" tragedy; often, tragedy is political, and it
* Libya attacks were likely premeditated as retaliation for drone strikes—not a spontaneous reaction to a movie. * Protesters storm grounds of U.S. embassy in Yemen. * Income gap is the widest in 40 years: poverty rate at 20-year high, fewer uninsured, rich richer. * Obituary by friend of diplomat Sean
