By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Wednesday, June 30, 2010 There is something achingly sad about the way Stanley McChrystal ended a career dedicated to serving his country. But there was no getting around it: Patriot, warrior, and remarkable leader that he is, there was no real alternative. He had to be relieved of his command. [...]

By Jonah Goldberg (Archive) · Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Say it ain’t so, Elena. Elena Kagan thinks that the “Borking” of Robert Bork during his 1987 confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court would deserve a commemorative plate if the Franklin Mint launched a “great moments in legal history” line of dishware. This is not the [...]

By Michael Gerson (Archive) · Wednesday, June 30, 2010 WASHINGTON — My political friendships and sympathies are increasingly determined not by ideology but by methodology. One of the most significant divisions in American public life is not between the Democrats and the Republicans; it is between the Ugly Party and the Grown-up Party. This distinction [...]

June 30, 2010 By Steven Simpson It is a common belief that the “Arab-Israeli conflict” is a conflict of two peoples fighting over the same piece of land and is therefore one of nationalism. Rarely, if ever, do we hear or read of the religious component to this conflict. However, if anything, the conflict is [...]

Posted 06/29/2010 06:34 PM ET Energy Policy: The administration plans to use sleight-of-hand politics to sneak through an economy-killing tax on energy as necessary to save the Earth. Make no mistake: Cap-and-trade is a tax every American will pay in every aspect of his or her life. Cap-and-trade is like Jason Voorhees of the “Friday [...]

Posted 06/29/2010 06:34 PM ET  View Enlarged Image Economy: As the White House proclaims its “recovery summer,” Americans are suddenly feeling pretty bad about things. Maybe it’s because their can-do spirit has come face-to-face with a “can’t-do” government. Given the many serious problems faced by the U.S., the last thing we need is a government that runs [...]

June 30, 2010 AFGHANISTAN STORIES:   DVIDS   Afghan Army Receives Instruction on Guard Duty  (Photos by Sgt. Heidi Agostini)    CAMP LEATHERNECK – First Lt. Christopher Larreur, plt cmdr, 1st Plt, Alpha Co, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Bn, instructs ANA leadership on reporting procedures while on guard duty. The 3rd LAADB is partnered [...]

Senate hearings expose broken confirmation process By THE WASHINGTON TIMES 7:22 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, 2010 The most important question members of the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is, “Who do you think you are kidding?” The hearings process for high court nominees has become ritualized to the point that [...]

Nothing but tax hikes on the horizon for rich and poor alike By THE WASHINGTON TIMES 7:22 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Almost 1 1/2 years into Barack Obama’s pres- idency, we’re still waiting for that mid-dle-class tax cut that he promised during the campaign. “Here’s what I can tell the American people: 95 percent [...]

Talk is cheap; Obama policies expensive By THE WASHINGTON TIMES 7:22 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Sunday’s close to the Group of 20 summit in Toronto opened a new window into President Obama’s thinking on the deficit. In a response to a press question about what concrete steps the U.S. would take to reduce its [...]