President Barack Obama plans to announce a new national monument on Wednesday, protecting nearly half a million acres in southern New Mexico.

Who in the world could possibly think this was a good idea? "Let's give away oversight and regulatory authority over the Internet to other countries," they must have shrieked with élan.

Debo Adegbile's nomination to the Justice Department has angered police groups.

Attacking outlets like Capital New York for no other reason than being new to industry might be a fun way for the Times to tout its influence today, but it won't be fun when someone else is sitting atop that throne.