Will beets, avocados, wild rice or mushrooms make an appearance on your Seder plate this Passover?

German historian Harriet Scharnberg on the alleged link between the Associated Press and the Nazis.

Toward the end of President Barack Obama’s Rose Garden speech announcing his pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court bench, he recalled a telling anecdote from the nominee’s high-school graduation—which also happened to be my own.

As soon as I approached the Metro escalator, I could sense the electricity in the air. This was not going to be your ordinary evening of politicians pandering to the AIPAC legions.