In response to so many condolences from folks in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and so many other places in the world where what happened in Boston is not extraordinary.

Within hours, a public spreadsheet in Boston listed hundreds of volunteers willing to open their homes to complete strangers dislocated by the bombing of the city's fabled marathon.

The campaign between Nicolás Maduro and Henrique Capriles has been an ardous hate fest. No matter who wins, the country will be left bitterly divided and full of resentment.

Sure, it was legal, but could he whole thing have been stupider?

The president, once more needlessly trying to play pattycake with the GOP, has offered cuts to Social Security that will do zilch to ease the debt.

Torn between the Tea Party and his ambitions, Marco Rubio asks the Senate to down immigration legislation – a move that could kill the first comprehensive immigration reform in a generation.

What are the possible Prop 8 and DOMA outcomes and legal ramifications of each case? The Justices seemed to be looking for a way out of making a big decision, which opens the door to all sorts of possibilities.