By David J. Kramer Friday, September 18, 2009   Russian leaders never liked the idea that the United States, Poland and the Czech Republic were cooperating on missile defense to confront an emerging Iranian threat. The notion that two former Warsaw Pact states that Moscow used to control would be hosting 10 interceptor missiles [...]

By DAVID BROOKS   Published: September 17, 2009 WASHINGTON You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I go running several times a week. My favorite route, because it’s so flat, is from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol and back. I was there last Saturday and found myself plodding through tens of [...]

President tells NBC he regrets arrests, but ‘they need to be punished’ Sept 18, 2009 TEHRAN — Three Americans who have been detained in Iran for nearly seven weeks “trampled the law, and in accordance with the laws, they need to be punished,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told NBC News. In an interview Thursday at [...]

These attacks on President Obama are not racist rather they are a symptom of a country that has gone awry with anger and divisiveness. Sept 17, 2009 By Ellen Ratner I love President Carter. He is the only former president who did not try and enrich himself after he left office and by some polls [...]

Deny Act’s role in mortgage meltdown; GOP cites ACORN connection Sept 16, 2009 By Byron York A number of experts believe that aggressive enforcement of the 1970s-era Community Reinvestment Act contributed to the mortgage meltdown, and thus to the greater financial crisis, by requiring financial institutions to lend to unqualified borrowers. Now, the Democratic majority [...]

It turns out that claims about too little competition are based on a misinterpretation of the data and that non-profit insurers are so abundant that the largest insurer in virtually every state is a non-profit. Sept 16, 2009 By John Lott “Consumers do better when there is choice and competition. Unfortunately, in 34 states, 75% [...]

Sept 17, 2009 By Dana Blanton Most Americans see no upside for their family in the health care reforms being considered in Washington and don’t believe President Obama when he says his plan won’t add “one dime” to the federal deficit. The majority of Americans believe they will have to make changes to their health [...]

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen appealed for unity a day after the U.S. shelved a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense shield that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia. Sept 18, 2009 BRUSSELS – The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile [...]

Sept 17, 2009 By David Von Drehle On Sept. 12, a large crowd gathered in Washington to protest … what? The goals of Congress and the Obama Administration, mainly — the cost, the scale, the perceived leftist intent. The crowd’s agenda was wide-ranging, so it’s hard to be more specific. “End the Fed,” a sign [...]

Sept 17, 2009 By: Timothy P. Carney Reuters reports an interesting nugget in the wake of President Barack Obama’s decision to grant Vladimir Putin his wish and kill the Eastern European missile shield: Shortly after the pullback on the shield programme was announced, Russia’s government said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would meet several U.S. executives [...]