Sen. Evan Bayh (D.-In.) announced Monday that he will not seek re-election this year, which stunned his party, providing Republicans a good opportunity to win the seat, and underscores just how poisonous the partisan environment has become.

The Washington Times reports that, "for a senator who flirted with a run for the White House just a few years ago, whose family is a political dynasty in Indiana, and who as recently as this month gave every impression he was running, the decision was stunning turnaround."

President Barack Obama's public approval poll ratings are plummetting so low that even non-Americans are losing "hope" in his change "mantra."

The BBC News reports that, "Barack Obama statue removed from Jakarta (Indonesia) park after protests. Indonesian authorities removed a statue of President Barack Obama from a park in the capital Jakarta due to a public backlash when it was erected."

The lesbian crusader for the low-rated cable news network, MSNBC, had earlier applied for a job at Fox News Channel. As fate would have it, MSNBC hired Rachel Maddow, instead, for supporting homosexual-rights causes and frequently telling the world that she's not heterosexual.

Meanwhile, she granted an interview to Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. She explained that Fox News supports political "activism," but MSNBC is the news network that truly is "fair and balanced."

The Second Amendment faces the grave danger of going into extinction as powerful gun-control activists engage in a legal battle to ban 'Nerf' guns from public-settings.

The Washington Times reports that, "it was a rough week for gun rights in colorado. First, Colorado State University voted to ban concealed firearms on campus. Then, the University of Colrado went a few steps further and cracked down on another nefarious threat: Nerf guns."

Farouk Shami is running for governor of the great state of Texas in the Democratic primary. But do you know about his most recent line of hair care products for the follicly-challenged? If not, Mr. Shami will be more than happy to sell you his latest invention, a blow dryer that grows hair, while he meets and greets the voters.

Perhaps, Mr. Shami believes that the best method to sell his consumer products is to run for political office. As the saying goes in politics, and now in the business world, "nothing beats free advertising."

80 conservative idealists and leaders are launching a major effort to generate a common statement of principles to unify the fractious right.

The Washington Times reports that, "with a few prominent exceptions, the proposed 'Mount Vernon Statement' is generating positive reviews among conservatives ahead of its planned Wednesday release. Framers of the statement hope to renew a sense of common purpose not seen since the beginning of the Reagan era 30 years ago."

   But it was another local hero, Deron Williams, who botched part of the plan. And then it was Carmelo Anthony who benefitted from the favoritism of his Denver coach, George Karl, that got in the way of Dirk’s final-possession opportunity.

   Final score, East 141, West 139 … and some good-natured frustration from the Mavs contingent over Dirk not getting one more opportunity.