CNN’s Jake Tapper takes over for Candy Crowley on “State of the Union.”

It’s dense, and complicated, but something human and daffy breaks through to the light.

NEW ON THE SHELF: “The DUFF,” Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell. Based on the popular YA novel by Kody Keplinger, “The DUFF” (or Designated Ugly Fat Friend) is Bianca (Whitman, “Parenthood”), who begins questioning the value of her friendships with her more attractive and popular classmates when she learns of the demeaning acronym being applied to […]