By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

This offbeat tale of presidential romance is a high-toned dud — a surprise, given its talented cast, scandalous subject matter and trim 94-minute running time.

The family of former Sen. George McGovern says the 90-year-old is "no longer responsive" in hospice care.
"May We Be Forgiven" (Viking), by A.M. Homes

Actor George Clooney raised almost $15 million for President Obama's re-election campaign at the star's Los Angeles home in May. For his second act, Mr. Clooney is set to arrive Monday in Geneva, a center for international organizations, governance and business.
Golf has become a guiding light for the Wallace family, helping them repair their lives and get through some very difficult times.
Golf has become the guiding light for the Wallace family, helping them repair their lives and get through very difficult times.

Casey Anthony's attorney said he strongly considered early in the case whether she should plead guilty to a lesser charge to avoid the death penalty if convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, but Anthony adamantly insisted she had nothing to do with the toddler's death.

A newly-released video shows Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman at the scene of Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting a day later giving police a blow-by-blow account of his fight with the teen.
The battling couple George and Martha have found a home on Broadway.

Campaign advisers to President Obama and presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney say the general election will offer competing visions of how to help the middle class.

Former South Dakota Sen. George McGovern has been hospitalized in Florida, his daughter said Wednesday.

Actor and human rights activist George Clooney on Wednesday warned of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where residents are taking refuge in the Nuba Mountains because of aerial bombardments.

The hardest piece of the puzzle to find in pro football is a championship-caliber quarterback. The Redskins have been looking for one for far too long – nearly 20 years, almost a generation (if not an eternity). Measured another way, it's eight head coaches (counting the short-lived Terry Robiskie), three general managers and an increasing number of conspicuously empty seats.

Mitt Romney, looking to stave off a potentially devastating loss in the state where he was born and bred, centered his message on the economy Monday, telling crowds across the state that he's best equipped to get people back to work and the nation's fiscal house back in order.

Birtherism is alive and well. I'm not referring to doubts about President Obama's birthplace. I'm talking, instead, about mounting attacks on prominent Republicans whose parents were born abroad.
defense team, he said Martin saw his gun and reached for it as the two scuffled on the sidewalk at a gated apartment community in Sanford.