Patt Morrison

The Romney campaign has officially released its June fundraising numbers, revealing a total of $106.1 million. One the one hand, the campaign wants to tout that impressive number as evidence that Americans want a change.

President Obama renewed his call for higher taxes on people making more than $250,000 per year, yesterday. But not everyone in his party is on board. Some Congressional Democrats want to keep more of the Bush tax cuts in place.

“Where are you working this summer?” is a traditional question asked of American teenagers on the last days of high school before summer break. But in the aftermath of the economic downturn of 2008 that crippled the national economy the answer may now as often as not be “nowhere.

Does having large amounts of money make us less humane? In this month’s issue of New York Magazine, author Lisa Miller dives into several studies that finds that money essentially makes people more unsympathetic and selfish: having money, getting money, and thinking about money makes people solipsistic, or selfish.

Should Verizon have the ability to decide which websites you can and cannot access on your phone? It thinks so. The Telecom giant filed in federal court last week against the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order, which put net neutrality regulations in place for Internet service providers.

The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has fired its chief curator, Paul Schimmel. Some doubt his departure, while others support it. This sparks the debate about whether the museum should be an institution that caters to a specific crowd or available to a wider audience.