“Monica Conyers, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and former president of the Detroit City Council, gained another title Friday: Inmate 43693-039.  The 45-year-old walked in alone to a federal women’s prison camp in Alderson, W.Va., ahead of the 2 p.m. deadline, the latest in a string of 10 defendants convicted in the ongoing City Hall corruption probe. [More...]

“What follows is a slightly edited transcript of what I saw and how I felt on the 11th of September, 2001 from Brooklyn Heights in New York City. [More...]

“Doug Racine conceded the Democratic gubernatorial race to Peter Shumlin this afternoon, shortly after the statewide recount showed he still trailed. [More...]

“I can’t prove it. But the circumstantial evidence sure adds up. And it says one thing: Mitch Daniels is running for president. . . He’s running for president on the op-ed pages of  The Wall Street Journal and in the studios of Fox News. He’s running for president during political appearances from Mississippi to Ohio. And he’s running for president every time he inserts himself into the national political debate. [More...]

“The Congressional Black Caucus has another scandal on its hands relating to the use of their charitable scholarships and nepotism.  After the exposure of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s awards to her grandchildren and other family members and her attempts to mislead people about her actions, the CBC promised to audit the program and the use their members make of it.   [More...]