National Interest: The federal Reserve is poised this week to lower interest rates for the first time since the depths of the Great Recession, a signal that  they think the economy has gotten as good as it’s going to get.   The Fed …

—From Poughkeepsie, NY.   DC: The Senate late last night blocked a House bill that would have ended the National Security Agency’s wholesale snooping into American phone records. The House had passed what they call the USA Freedom Act, which …

What I Meant Was: In an attempt to soften his stance against North Korea on the computer hacking of Sony Pictures, President Obama said yesterday on CNN, “No, I don’t think it was an act of war.” He said, “I …