RUSSIAN SPACE PROGRAMS are underfunded. But not China: "As for China, it has sufficient resources to undertake space programs on its own."

WILL THE TWO-WAIVER-A-DAY RULE make Obamacare obsolete? Hopefully, yes.

CHRIS MATTHEWS losing battle against obsession. To be more accurate, change "obsession" to "insanity."

WHO KNEW? Thinking requires effort.

FROM THE EMAIL: Congress has announced they intend to make it more difficult to claim unemployment benefits. Starting next Monday, the forms will be printed in English.

MATH DISPUTES are serious.

I'm reminded of the old joke that college faculty disputes are so vicious only because the stakes are so low.

OUCH.

OBAMA WAS RIGHT: “The fact that we are here ... to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.”

I’m not convinced we can avoid raising the debt ceiling, but if we must, Republicans must demand spending cuts to reduce the deficit to as close to the $400 billion difference between current spending and the current debt ceiling as possible before voting to raise the current $14.3 trillion limit.