The End of College Football As We Know It
Why, in the future, football fans will actually be nostalgic for the NCAA.
By David Weigel
How #Disruption Broke The New Republic
The fall of a Washington magazine, on its own expensive sword.
The Brief
- The Last Days of Democratic Politics In Louisiana Are Here Party's over
- Victorious Scott Walker Could Embolden New Republican Governors D.C.-bound
- 'Rolling Stone' Backtracks From Rape Story Reporting falling apart
- Not Everyone Is Impressed By NASA’s Orion Launch Sanford on the agency: Meh
- Spending Deal Near as Congress Puts Off Immigration Fight The punt is the play
- Meeks on Garner Decision: 'I'm Still Baffled' Grand jury mystery
- Lott: GOP Needs More 'Followers' in Congress Fall in line, freshmen
Bottoms Up Dept.
Today in History: Prohibition Ends At Last!
Four score and one year ago—Dec. 5, 1933—ratification of the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment: Prohibition. Celebrations began as soon as the repeal was announced. In that spirit, we looked to “Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking,” a new book by Mark Will-Weber, to consider commander-in-chief-level cocktails.
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We’re celebrating Repeal Day with six presidential cocktail recipes. Who’s got a 12-gallon punch bowl?
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Editors' Picks
Did North Korea Really Hack Sony?
Could it have been an inside job? Perhaps a disgruntled employee with a thumb drive, like Edward Snowden? PLUS: New details of the attack itself from a leaked FBI report.
The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media
At the Washington Free Beacon, The Federalist, and the Independent Journal Review, they're ready to pay any price, bear any burden to defeat Jon Stewart and his ilk.
Warren Buffett, Reluctant PAC Man, Is Ready for Hillary
The world's third richest man makes his first-ever donation to an independent political group aligned with a candidate.
Get Caught Up
Elizabeth Lauten and the Week the Media Broke
Yes, Bobby Jindal Can Find Small Louisiana Towns on a Map
Nancy Pelosi Puts the Screws to House Republicans
Prince William Is Coming to the White House
Obama Pal Eric Whitaker Headed for Federal Court on Monday
Obama Harvard Law Professor Tribe Calls Key EPA Rule 'Overreach'
Payrolls in U.S. Surge by Most Since Early 2012 as Wages Pick Up
President Obama Heads to Colbert
NASA Launches Orion Capsule in First Test for Mars Mission
Department of David Weigel
James O'Keefe Will Have His Revenge on New Orleans
Architect of New Obamacare SCOTUS Challenge Not Quite Convinced by Trent Lott
Lamer Than the Lame Duck: The Easily Ignored Conservative Pressure Groups
Landrieu Warns Louisiana Not to Let 'Windmills and Alternative Energy' Supporter Rise in Energy Committee
Hillary Clinton's Historic 2016 Primary Advantage in Two Charts
Rob Portman and the Museum of Presidential Non-Candidates
Double-Dipping, Dog Whistles, and Obamacare: The Last Senate Debate of 2014
The Torch Is Being Passed to A New Generation of Right-Wing Media
The 11th Hour Video Attacks of Louisiana's Senate Race
Protesters Take to Streets, Officials React After Eric Garner Decision
Photo Essay
A grand jury declines to indict a white New York City police offer in the death of the black Staten Island man.
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