Hypocrisy Watch

Former New York Congressman Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual.

Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.

The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria on Monday as survivors told horrific stories of Christian villagers being trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsmen. Reports on the death toll differed wildly, with some placing it at about 200 and others reporting 528 killed and thousands injured. "It was an ambush," said human rights lawyer Shehu Sani. "The attackers killed whoever they caught. It was mostly women who stayed behind to defend their children that became most of the victims."

The Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School in Boulder, Colo., has refused to readmit a preschooler because the child has two lesbian moms. "People who understand the Catholic teaching will understand why the decision was made," said Fabien Ardila, a member of the parish.

HarperCollins announced Tuesday that it will publish Brown's memoir, currently untitled, in early 2011.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."

Labeling confusion: In a profile of China dissident Du Daozheng, the Times calls the noble dissenters "liberals" and the authoritarian Communist regime "conservative" without clarifying that in the West, the Communists are the leftists and the anti-communists are on the right.

Michael Wines on the bright side of Communist rule -- no pesky "political machinery" to worry about: "In the past decade...authorities have moved against air pollution problems with a tenacity that some environmentalists in developed nations, pitted against industry lobbyists and balky political machinery, can only envy."