"You're a woman. Women judge other women. Harshly," said Stephen Colbert to Janny Scott last night.

But did she come back from the dead to help him make a fake birth certificate? [The New York Times]

Okay, first, the pirate picture: Our president, miniature, mustachiaoed, and adorable.

Janny Scott's A Singular Woman, a portrait of Stanley Ann Dunham, that, in its editors words, "brilliantly captures the full portrait of this extraordinary woman who defied being pigeonholed and lived life on her own terms" will be released in May. We'll be reading.

When I wrote a post praising Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann, for leading an unconventional, mostly single life as a mother, there was a rousing discussion in the comments about what constitutes an "ideal" environment for children. Was it heinous that Stanley Ann left Barack with his grandparents to globe trot? Did…