When Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke was denied the opportunity to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week, outraged Democrats and activists cried that the women’s voice has been silenced on an issue that pertains to women’s health. But the conversation is far from over.

President Obama on Wednesday signed the payroll-tax holiday extension into law, the White House announced.

The Obama administration unveiled a new corporate-tax plan on Tuesday that could intensify the tax-reform debate in Washington, but it is unlikely to result in any near-term reform.

The violent protests that erupted in Afghanistan on Tuesday amid reports that American forces burned copies of the Koran are the latest in a series of self-induced wounds for the NATO alliance. The current phase of the long and unpopular war appears to be following a grimly predictable pattern. When there seems to be a smidgeon of good news, NATO troops commit a public relations blunder to overshadow it.