Nonsense to claim U.S. ungovernable
In the latter days of the Jimmy Carter presidency, it became fashionable to say that the office had become unmanageable and was simply too big for one man. Some suggested...
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Team Obama closing up the new frontier
"We have an agreement until 2012 that Russia will be responsible for this," says Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency, about ferrying astronauts from other countries into low-Earth...
Team Obama closing up the new frontier
"We have an agreement until 2012 that Russia will be responsible for this," says Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency, about ferrying astronauts from other countries into low-Earth...
The modest, generous spirit of Irving Kristol
After the plain pine box is lowered into the grave, the mourners are asked to come forward -- immediate family first -- and shovel dirt onto the casket. Only when...
Politics of war
Asked at a New Hampshire campaign stop about possibly staying in Iraq 50 years, John McCain interrupted -- "Make it a hundred" -- then offered a precise analogy to what...
What we don’t know about Obama hurts him
She threw the kitchen sink at him. Accused Barack Obama of plagiarism. Mocked his eloquence. Questioned his truthfulness about NAFTA. Wasn't enough. Hillary Clinton still faced extinction in Ohio and...
Good lobbying, bad story
Everyone knows the 1st Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly. How many remember that, in addition, the 1st Amendment protects a fifth freedom -- to lobby? Of...
Obama spell mesmerizing but empty
There's no better path to success than getting people to buy a free commodity. Like the genius who figured out how to get people to pay for water: bottle it...
McCain’s path cleared by Bush
On Super Tuesday, John McCain secured the Republican nomination. How did that happen? Simple. In the absence of a compelling conservative, the Republican electorate turned to the apostate sheriff. In...
Playing religion card a bad deal
When Mitt Romney's father ran for the presidency 40 years ago, his Mormonism was not an issue. When Mo Udall was a major challenger for the Democratic nomination in 1976,...