Washington shouldn’t be running Detroit’s dealer networks Dec 18, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Just as critics feared, President Obama and congressional Democrats are using the auto industry bailout to micromanage the supposed beneficiaries straight into the ground. Mr. Obama is poised to bring the reorganization of General Motors Corp. and the Chrysler Group to [...]

Agency’s problems extend far past airport screening Dec 18, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES On too many days, it is easy to forget that the T and the S in TSA stand for “Transportation Security.” More to the point would be “Totally Squandered” credibility, “Terminally Sloppy” screening and – most recently – “Transparent Secrets.” The [...]

The ‘must buy’ provision should kill the bill Dec 18, 2009 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Some say it’s unconscionable. Others say it’s unconstitutional. Either way, it’s clearly unpopular. For any smart senator, it ought to be reason enough not to advance the unwieldy and unworkable health care bill being pushed by Senate Majority Leader Harry [...]

Dec 18, 2009 By Wesley Pruden OPINION/ANALYSIS: President Obama finally makes it back to familiar and frozen Copenhagen, scene of his earlier success in winning the Olympics for Chicago, trying to figure out a way to make zero plus zero amount to something big. His prospects are not good. He leaves behind a chaotic debate [...]

Dec18,2009 By Stephen Dinan When he earmarked $100,000 in taxpayer spending to go to Jamestown’s library, Rep. James E. Clyburn meant for it to go to the library in Jamestown, S.C., which is in his district. But in the bustle to write and pass the $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill, Congress ended up designating the [...]

  By Charles Krauthammer Friday, December 18, 2009   Twenty-five years ago this week, I wrote my first column. I’m not much given to self-reflection — why do you think I quit psychiatry? — but I figure once every quarter-century is not excessive. When Editorial Page Editor Meg Greenfield approached me to do a column [...]

  By Peter Finn, Sudarsan Raghavan and Julie Tate Friday, December 18, 2009; 5:04 AM   The Obama administration is planning to repatriate six Yemenis held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a transfer that could be a prelude to the release of dozens more detainees to Yemen, according to sources with [...]

  By Jon Cohen and Jennifer Agiesta Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 18, 2009; 12:03 AM   As President Obama arrives in Copenhagen hoping to seal an elusive deal on climate change, his approval rating on dealing with global warming has crumbled at home and there is broad opposition to spending taxpayer money to [...]

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD   Published: December 17, 2009 SAN DIEGO — At first, Luis F. Alarid seemed well on his way to becoming a customs agency success story. He had risen from a childhood of poverty and foster homes, some of them abusive, earned praise and commendations while serving in the Army and the [...]

Dec 16, 2009 By Kevin McCullough FOXNews.com   Many voters who were attracted to promises of “hope and change” are now asking, “What the heck have I done?” President Obama road into office on the coattails of some horrible economic realities while promising Americans “hope and change.” The nation needed both to energize new policies [...]