By Argus Hamilton (Archive) · Saturday, August 28, 2010 The CIA claimed success in retarding Iran’s nuclear program Thursday, saying U.S. spies sneaked faulty supply parts into Iran’s nuclear supply chain. Many are upset. It’s unseemly for the CIA to pass out cigars every time we arrange a nuclear accident. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]

By Roy Exum (Archive) · Saturday, August 28, 2010 Each day, as I go about my “morning reading” before dawn breaks, I have lapsed into the custom of categorizing different stories that catch my eye as either a “gee” or a “haw.” The practice comes from being raised at a tender age around farm animals [...]

Aug 28, 2010 By Zbigniew Mazurak With America facing a $1.4-trillion deficit, ideological opponents of a strong defense — liberals and libertarians alike — have called on the Congress to severely reduce the defense budget. To try to justify their proposals, they make false claims about the defense budget, including its size and how it [...]

By JEFFREY S. HOWARD Posted 08/27/2010 06:06 PM ET Every person, newscaster and commentator always prefaces any, even the mildest criticism, of President Obama’s policies with some statement about how dazzlingly brilliant the man is. Liberals, conservatives, independents — it never changes. Why is this? And most important of all, is it true? What and where [...]

Posted 08/27/2010 07:03 PM ET Health Insurance: Forty percent of all individual policyholders in California will soon be stuck with higher premiums. They could shop around for a better deal, but government has severely limited their options. State regulators last week approved rate hikes for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California that had [...]

Posted 08/27/2010 07:03 PM ET Junk Science: Deere & Co., a major player in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, drops out, saying the group’s legislative strategy is no longer a foundation for moving forward. Is cap-and-trade dead? The farm equipment giant was a major player in the Climate Action Partnership, a group of large firms [...]

Aug 27, 2010 AFGHANISTAN STORIES:     RC-East, Bagram Media Center     Crops to help with flood relief in Kunar Province  Photos by Army Staff Sgt. Gary Witte     KUNAR PROVINCE –  Army 1st Lt. Alexander Johnson, an incoming plt leader with Co A, 2nd Bn, 327th Inf Regt, TF No Slack, takes [...]

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES 5:44 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2010 In the closing days of spring, administration cheerleader-in-chief and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. proudly predicted that as the months ahead heated up, so too would the economy. It was to be “recovery summer,” according to Mr. Biden, who toured the country touting the [...]

Why the ruling party disgusts the public By THE WASHINGTON TIMES   5:44 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2010 Democrats must be losing sleep over new polls that for the first time show more voters trusting Republicans than Democrats on 10 of the most significant issues in American politics. The poll released Thursday by Rasmussen Reports [...]

By Matt Apuzzo Associated Press 10:37 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday accused an analyst who worked at the State Department of leaking top secret information about North Korea to a reporter. Steven Kim, who worked at State as an employee of a contractor, maintains his innocence. He [...]