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François Hollande says his proposed 75% tax rate is 'patriotic.'

The novelist and critic on books about mothers of many sorts, from D.H. Lawrence's portrayal of the formidable Mrs. Morel in "Sons and Lovers" to Rachel Cusk's candid account in "A Life's Work" of how a baby's arrival affected her sense of self.

"The Astaires" tells of how the infectious partnership of siblings Fred and Adele entranced America. Ethan Mordden reviews.

"Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance" chronicles the controversial life and writing of a white author who immersed himself in black culture. James Campbell reviews.

"Turing's Cathedral" is the story of how a small group of men and women built one of the first computers using five kilobytes of memory—the amount allocated to displaying an icon on a computer desktop of today. Konstantin Kakaes reviews.

Could a deal be in the making between Santorum and Gingrich to deny Romney the nomination?

Washington pays for promises from another Kim.

Harassment and altered documents at Desert Trails Elementary.

The dangers of struggle, and of trying to come across as normal.

Senate Democrats vote against religious conscience.

My wife looks up from the newspaper with bewilderment at another story about people in the financial world or their lobbyists complaining about Wall Street reform.

The National Vaccine Advisory Committee says government price controls are the primary reason for the decline in the number of suppliers.

If we produce more oil, OPEC will sell less to keep prices high. So Congress should encourage car makers to look for new alternatives.

The late conservative activist Andrew Breitbart on why he was a 'reluctant culture warrior.'

The candidate has recast an old debate in a way that the GOP can use to great effect against Obama.

A denomination founded in a pre-Civil War schism over slavery is poised to elect its first black president.

The world's largest democracy needs economic expansion at a much faster rate.

An heir to Saul Alinsky is dead at 43.

In "Memoirs of an Addicted Brain" a neuroscientist recalls, as the book's subtitle has it, "his former life on drugs," and how, at last, he learned to impose new patterns of thought and behavior. Sally Satel reviews.

The California redistricting carnage goes on, with the latest casualty being Republican Rep. David Dreier.