By Ken Blackwell (Archive) · Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The blogs have been having a lot of fun with Vice President Joe Biden’s latest gaffe. The veep claimed that the U.S. would be the world economic leader “throughout the twentieth century.” I guess that was a safe bet.
President Obama’s gaffes are less frequent than Biden’s [...]

By Thomas Sowell (Archive) · Tuesday, February 23, 2010
During bad times, the blame game is the biggest game in Washington. Wall Street “greed” or “predatory” lenders seem to be favorite targets to blame for our current economic woes.
When government policy is mentioned at all in handing out blame, it is usually blamed for not [...]

By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Thank you, Oregon voters, for doing your best to boost the fortunes of all the rest of us out here in the good old, investment-hungry U.S. of A.
Surely you were moved by nothing more than generosity of spirit when you raised taxes on business in order [...]

Posted 02/22/2010 06:53 PM ET
Border: The 2006 Secure Fence Act mandated the “possible” construction of a long wall to protect our frontier. Four years later, no wall, just a new seven-year delay. This is an embarrassment.
It was almost a prelude to the Tea Parties now sweeping the nation. Millions of Americans, reacting to brazen demonstrations [...]

Posted 02/22/2010 06:53 PM ET
Infiltration: What a tangled web Islamist appointees weave. When his pro-terrorist quotes surfaced, a new White House envoy dismissed them as someone else’s. A recording says otherwise.
Now Rashad Hussain, President Obama’s pick as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has changed his story. He admits he did indeed [...]

Posted 02/22/2010 06:53 PM ET

Health Care: The president has unveiled a reform plan of his own ahead of Thursday’s bipartisan summit. But it’s no better than the lousy Democratic proposals that Americans have already dismissed.
The Obama plan appears to be based on the bills that were passed last year in the House and in the [...]

Posted 02/22/2010 06:53 PM ET

Abuse Of Power: The White House has threatened to ram through radical health reform by abusing the budget reconciliation process. That would mean a new chapter on corruption for the history books.
White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told reporters Monday that Democrats, ignoring the will of the American people, will try [...]

Feb 23, 2010
Afghanistan Stories:
 

Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan
 
An IED Cache found in Sharana

(Photos by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander) 

FOB SHARANA - Soldiers from 3rd Bn, 178th Inf Regt, 3rd Bde, 101st ID, provide security as Lt. Col. Clint Baker, Bn Cmdr for 1st Bn, 501st Inf Regt, 4th Bde, 25th ID, asks about an IED cache found in [...]

A weak leader talks tough and passes the buck
Feb 22, 2010
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Obama said on Thursday, “The politics of dealing with chronic deficits is fraught with hard choices, and therefore, it’s treacherous to officeholders here in Washington. As a consequence, nobody has been too eager to deal with it.” He then handed the [...]

Feb 23, 2010
By Kara Rowland
President Obama tried to woo the GOP with sweeteners and threw out the controversial “cornhusker kickback,” but the White House’s first stab at resurrecting the health care overhaul was so bare-bones that Congress’ budget scorekeeper couldn’t put a price tag on it.
In a nod to Republicans, Mr. Obama’s proposal calls for [...]