John Kerry: "That's why I'm doubling down on the proposal I'm rolling out today with Senator Lieberman, a work product that reflects six months of contribution from Lindsey Graham, and hundreds of meetings with our colleagues: major energy and comprehensive climate change legislation that meets this big challenge. It's a practical pathway to finally end … Continue reading Transforming Our Power

Huffington Post: "Almost 10 million people across West Africa are facing a food crisis following erratic rains that have caused poor food harvests and water shortages."

Newsweek's apostasy guide: why every recent GOP president wasn't conservative enough for today's party.

Washington Post: "Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) lost his bid for a 15th term Tuesday in a primary defeat that further affirms the anti-incumbent sentiment coursing through the country." Pro-life Democrat Mike Oliverio defeated Mollohan, another pro-life Democrat. 

Bob Herbert: "We need proper policing, better parenting, better schools and more jobs. But we also need an immediate campaign to upend the norm of murderous violence in big cities. CeaseFire is offering a blueprint that deserves much wider distribution."

AP: "As a White House adviser in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged then-President Bill Clinton to support a ban on late-term abortions, a political compromise that put the administration at odds with abortion rights groups."

Erwin Chemerinsky: "Proposals like Sen. Joe Lieberman's to take away a suspect's citizenship put the nation on a dangerous path."

Reuters: "The United States is convinced that a Pakistani Taliban group closely allied with al Qaeda was behind the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square, administration officials said on Sunday."

NBC: "President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, positioning the court to have three female justices for the first time, NBC News reported late Sunday."

Thomas Farr: "The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (IRF) has come down hard on the Obama administration for its failure to promote international religious liberty. "U.S. foreign policy on religious freedom," said Commission chairman Leonard Leo, "is missing the mark."