Pet pampering goes online with America's most interactive and feature rich website

As bad as the recession was (is), can we please admit now that it is preposterous to compare today to the Great Depression?

Why Democrats shouldn't toy with Lindsey Graham

The title alone provide some comic relief, if Borger's analysis weren't book-ended by these truffle quotes:

Sen. Lindsey Graham is the new John McCain. Scratch that. Actually, he's the old John McCain.

and

[T]he White House needs to keep Lindsey Graham in the game, not sulking on the sidelines.

Presidential commision to address rising national debt

Just what we needed: another blue-ribbon panel. This seems like sending that one legged man at the butt-kicking contest over to kick the barn door shut now that the horses are gone.

If VAT, ditch the income tax

As morally appealing a notion as taxing consumption, rather than income, is to many on the right, the conditional for this argument will not be tied to the consequence any time soon.

Subsidizing bad behavior: the injustice of tort reform

Are frivolous law suits the price we must pay for genuine cases for justice? ... Really?

Bernanke confident in recovery; warns on deficit

While the Fed Chair does his customary straddle, Krauthammer is more certain where we are headed.

Carlsberg workers end strike over cut beer rations

I cannot decide whether this is has been a righteous fight to preserve access to one of God's graces, or just one more example of rights creep.

Vatican blasts anti-Catholic 'hate' campaign

With George W. Bush out of office for over a year, the hate has to go somewhere.

Why batters get hit

George Will's discussion of Jason Turbow's "The Baseball Codes" about the game's unwritten rules in honor of Opening Day.