There's a lot of name-calling in politics and Daily Caller David Benkof pontificates on a current phase. "President Obama compared the 2016 Republican presidential candidates to the Internet's Grumpy Cat, calling them "gloomy" and asking why so many are so "down on America?" he writes, but adds: "It's a bizarre question from a politician who ran the original Grumpy Cat campaign seven years ago."

Political correctness has reared its ugly head again. MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry scolded a guess for calling House Speaker-to-be Paul Ryan a "hard worker." She said the term was demeaning to slaves and working mothers.


Al Gore has fired a new weapon in his war against global warming. The former vice president cited a claim by scientists at Harvard that higher concentrations of carbon dioxide not only heat the planet but make people dumber. Skeptics think that's one of the dumbest things Gore ever said.