Feb 26, 2010 Guest post from Ernest Istook with the Heritage Foundation President Obama used his health care summit to give his side every advantage possible. Whenever opponents spoke, he got to respond. By appointing himself the moderator, Obama gave himself the first word, the last word, and the most words. Overall, Obama gave Democrats [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, February 27, 2010 During his State of the Union address, with eight of the Supreme Court justices sitting right in front of him like clay pigeons, Barack Obama told the world that he would have to correct their mistake by bringing back McCain-Feingold. Well, why wouldn’t he say such [...]

By DAVID HOGBERG, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 02/26/2010 07:15 PM ET Smart people should make smart decisions. So why do the best and the brightest always seem to create more problems than they solve? This is not just an academic question, precisely because academics dominate the Obama administration and its approach to such key issues [...]

Feb 27, 2010 Afghanistan Stories:   DVIDS   Marines, Afghans Patrol Marjah  (Photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde) MARJAH – Lance Cpl. Chris Ducharme, a mortarman with 3rd Plt, India Co, 3rd Bn, 6th Marine Regt, carefully crosses a stream while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand prov., Feb. 22, 2010.  Marines and ANA soldiers [...]

Steven Chu’s zealotry leaves Americans cold March 1, 2010 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Energy Secretary Steven Chu didn’t reach the pinnacle of his profession by treading the well-worn path of modern group-think. It’s regrettable that the Nobel Prize-winning physicist is stuck in that rut now. Mr. Chu took great pains in a Feb. 19 speech [...]

  By Anne E. Kornblut and Greg Jaffe Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 27, 2010   Even as Marines in Afghanistan continued to fight for control of the Taliban stronghold of Marja, senior Obama administration officials said Friday that the United States has begun initial planning for a bigger, more complex offensive in Kandahar [...]

  By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, February 27, 2010   Three key senators are engaged in a radical behind-the-scenes overhaul of climate legislation, preparing to jettison the broad “cap-and-trade” approach that has defined the legislative debate for close to a decade. The sharp change of direction demonstrates the extent [...]

By LAWRENCE J. KORB and SEAN E. DUGGAN   Published: February 26, 2010 Washington DESPITE the pressing need to cut government spending, under President Obama’s spending proposal all the nation’s military services are set to see their budgets increase — all, that is, except the Coast Guard, the nation’s chronically overburdened maritime force, responsible for [...]

Feb 26, 2010 By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano FOXNews.com   Can the government force you to buy health insurance? Why can’t I buy health insurance from anyone who wants to sell it to me? 1. Can the federal government compel a person to have health insurance? Congress may regulate interstate commerce, pursuant to power granted [...]

Feb 26, 2010 By Ellis Henican FOXNews.com   How about this possibility on the Obamacare death watch? Republican adamancy at the summit played neatly into a Democratic strategy: Make ’em look intransigent. The patient’s in intensive care now. The vitals are certainly faint. But do not rule out the miracle recoveries that are possible in [...]