GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor indicated today that Republicans may boycott the president’s televised health-care summit unless Obama scraps the House and Senate bills and starts over.

The opposition is taking to the streets,  Ahmadinejad is rallying his side with nuclear brinksmanship—and the clashes on the republic's 31st anniversary could spell civil war. By Reza Aslan.

It’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Mark McKinnon on how Supreme Court retirements could persuade the secretary of state to take a high court seat.

The year's tightest race is Meryl Streep vs. Sandra Bullock for Best Actress. Nicole LaPorte reports on Bullock's "calculated" kiss and how Streep never gets dressed up for the Oscars.

The coming health-care summit is just the latest example of how the president prefers public discussion of problems to rolling up his sleeves and fixing them. By Lee Siegel.

Can spending $40,000 on a coach help your kid get in? Kathleen Kingsbury talked to admissions officers about what goes on behind the scenes—and exactly who is pulling the strings.

With New York Fashion Week kicking off, expect more criticism of models being too thin. But obesity, not anorexia, is the real health disaster, says Lisa Hilton. Plus more on Sexy Beast.

The brutal murder of a 12-year-old maid has stunned the country. But from the corrupt government to the honor killing of a wealthy woman, Fatima Bhutto says the rich always get off.