The health care debate gets personal : At a health care forum in Connecticut, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) describes her battle with ovarian cancer. On Mother’s Day, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) recalls his mother’s death from breast cancer. And in an interview with POLITICO, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska

Christopher Eisgruber, a provost at Princeton University, has a brief post at Politico about some conservatives who argued for legislative deference for Supreme Court nominees now maintaining that consistent position with Obama in the White House

I thought this Dickerson piece in Slate about Sanford was perfect: Mark Sanford is no longer missing, but he’s obviously lost. The South Carolina governor’s press conference was excruciating: apology, followed by self-flagellation, followed by apology. It was like watching a man light himself on fire

In an apparent move to rip off some of Conde Nast’s disease-ridden glamor , the Washington Post told employees yesterday that three cases of the dreaded Mexican Pig Flu have been found at headquarters. Full memo below, via Michael Calderone at Politico : We want

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Nylon reports on fashion illustrator Ruden Toledo’s whimsical new covers for three new Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions— Pride and Prejudice , … of The Testament . Cathy Young, writing for Politico, refers to Salinger’s lawsuit as a “book banning”

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It seems that some in the media have finally taken the hint that Pres. Obama controls the press … what topics will be talked about (not allowing Mike Allen of Politico to ask a question about Iraq