It's encouraging, but a bit surprising, that President Obama ordered air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria, considering Secretary of State John Kerry's declaration in New York that climate change -- not terrorism -- is "the most serious challenge we face on this planet."

Former IRS bureaucrat Lois Lerner, the central figure in the IRS tea party targeting scandal, said in an interview, "I didn't do anything wrong." Try telling the IRS that if you're subjected to a tax audit.

White House guards said they didn't stop an intruder who scaled the fence, dashed to the unlocked front door and entered the executive mansion because he didn't appear to be armed. After subduing him they found he was carrying a knife and in his car were a machete, two hatchets and 800 rounds of ammunition. New policy: lock the door.