The Senate Republicans most eager to trumpet their independence have abandoned their constitutional responsibility to “advise and consent,”

And in The Boston Globe, Christopher Muther recalled someone’s awkward attempt to turn his cruise ship into a love boat: “One night, a female passenger began getting handsy with me, so I informed her that she was barking up the wrong homosexual.” (Eric Van Loon, Concord, Mass.)

The National Institutes of Health directive to cap "indirect costs" for medical research grants drew swift criticism.