My old friend Goldblog–now GoldBloom, I suppose–has an excellent response to David Brooks’s immediately notorious column about marijuana use.
Administration Proposes Fixes To Gun Background Check System
A year after Newtown school shooting
Administration Rebuts Nuns in Obamacare Case
In a largely symbolic battle over contraceptive coverage at the Supreme Court, the administration argues the nuns have no basis to claim their religious liberty is being infringed by Obamacare
Study: Expanding Health Coverage Increases Emergency Room Use
If the finding holds true, it could undercut an argument for the new health care reform law
Infographic: Obama Accepts Rare Outsider Into Golf Game
Game with New Zealand Prime Minister is only 10th with an elected official
Morning Must Reads: January 3
In the news: NSA’s quantum computer, Obama’s Syria policy, a winter blizzard, and Clay Aiken
When You’ve Only Got 20 B-2 Bombers…
…keeping all of them flying becomes important
NYT Wants Clemency For ‘Whistle-Blower’ Snowden
‘He has done his country a great service’
Morning Must Reads: January 2
In the news: immigration reform, social conservatives’ big money push, legal recreational pot, NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio, and what’s prettier in print
Obamacare Contraception Mandate Blocked at the Last Minute
Justice Sotomayor issued an emergency stay to delay the requirement that religious groups pay for birth control in employee health coverage
Keeping Your Doctor Under Obamacare Is No Easy Feat
The reform law is narrowing care networks