Nov 20, 2009 By Ken Blackwell “Cost of indecision about Afghanistan is mounting.” That’s not a headline in Human Events, or some conservative blog. It’s the title of a column by the dean of liberal Washington pundits, David Broder. Even David Broder is concerned about President Obama’s failure to decide on a proper course of [...]

Posted 11/19/2009 07:27 PM ET Nuclear Terror: After years of blindness, the International Atomic Energy Agency warns that Syria is concealing nuclear activity and Iran is hiding atomic facilities. Has the “watchdog” just been polishing its Nobel? The diplomats just love Mohamed ElBaradei, who is about to step down as director general of the United [...]

Nov 20, 2009 Afghanistan Stories:   RCT-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs    3/4 Marines Patrol Farah Village, Build Trust Photos by Cpl. Zachary Nola    Lance Cpl. Ray Alvarado, Jr., a rifleman with India Co, 3rd Bn, 4th Marine Regt, shares food with local children in the village of Kace Satar, during a patrol [...]

Coupled with the diminishing dollar Nov 20, 2009 By Lawrence Kudlow President Obama took his declining dollar to the Asia-Pacific economic conference, and he added to it a declinist opinion of America’s economy. His big message? Don’t count on American consumers to lead the world from recession to recovery and beyond. His second big message? [...]

Temperatures dropping for four straight years Nov 20, 2009 By Anthony J. Sadar and Susan T. Cammarata A climate crisis of worldwide proportions is unfolding right before our eyes, and not even the most powerful world leaders can do anything to stop it. It looks like 2009 may very well turn out to be the [...]

Keep bureaucrats away from our credit cards Nov 20, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES As if hyperactive Washington politicians haven’t already grabbed enough power by taking over banks and car companies and trying to control everybody’s health care, now they are getting closer to centralized bureaucratic control of the entire consumer credit market. Pending legislation [...]

Nov 20, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Merchant ships need guns to fight pirates. Seven months ago, Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama and held its captain hostage. Pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama again this week but were repulsed because the Maersk Shipping Line put armed guards on its ships. Pirates successfully attacked another unarmed [...]

It’s the last best chance for peace Nov 20, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Representatives from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia are scheduled to meet today in Brussels to discuss future steps to dissuade Iran from developing the capacity to build nuclear weapons. Our message to the world leaders: If you [...]

Nov 20, 2009 By Wesley Pruden OPINION/ANALYSIS: Now that every nut in America is equipped with a laptop computer, you’re likely to run afoul of a nut on the loose almost anywhere. I observed in this space earlier this week that Barack Obama’s curious compulsion to travel the world to make endless apologies for America [...]

Nov 20, 2009 By Maria Stainer EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman said on Friday he is considering filing a recount claim in light of computer irregularities that have been reported. He has until Monday to make that decision. Mr. Hoffman conceded the New York’s 23rd Congressional District race to winner Democrat Bill Owens on [...]