“It is … [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable and miserable as a Nation. This is the time of their political probation; this is the moment when the eyes of the World are turned upon them.” –George Washington, Letter to the Governors, 1783 http://patriotpost.us/quote/2011/01/31/ [...]

Ethanol lobbyist Newt Gingrich and us—and the future of the GOP Jan 30, 2011 WSJ The last time these columns were lambasted by a presidential candidate in Iowa, he was Democrat Richard Gephardt and the year was 1988. The Missouri populist won the state caucuses in part on the rallying cry that “we’ve got to [...]

Egyptian society needs time to prepare for free elections and to remediate years of government oppression. Jan 31, 2011 WSJ By Stephen J. Hadley All eyes are now on Egypt and an Obama administration struggling to find its footing. The truth is that once revolutionary fervor emerges and a situation descends into crisis, any administration [...]

Who is this Neanderthal, sniffed the journalistic elite. Jan 31, 2011 WSJ By PAUL KENGOR On Jan. 29, 1981, barely a week into Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the world got a no-nonsense education on how Reagan’s America would differ from that of his predecessor. During the first press conference, ABC’s Sam Donaldson asked the new president [...]

Few countries have been less integrated into the global economy than Egypt. Jan 31, 2011 WSJ By ZACHARY KARABELL The mass movement engulfing Egypt exposes a fact that has been hiding in plain sight: In a decade during which China has brought more people out of poverty at a faster rate than ever in human [...]

Jan 31, 2011 by Judson Phillips Over the last few days, we have seen the unrest in Egypt.  One of the most disturbing aspects of this crisis has been the reaction of the Egyptian government.   On January 27th, the Egyptian government shut down the Internet in the country, along with cell phone services.    The purpose of the shut [...]

Jan 30, 2011 By George Friedman STRATFOR It is not at all clear what will happen in the Egyptian revolution. It is not a surprise that this is happening. Hosni Mubarak has been president for more than a quarter of a century, ever since the assassination of Anwar Sadat. He is old and has been [...]

http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/31/78502 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/30/78571 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/30/78509 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/29/78555 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/29/78540 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/29/78537 http://townhall.com/cartoons/2011/1/29/78505 Social Bookmarking

Jan 31, 2011 By Carol Platt Liebau The UK Telegraph asserts that the US has been covertly aiding some of those involved in the Egyptian uprising. If so, it’s a vindication, of sorts, for George W. Bush’s world-view that the best way to ensure stability and a check on Islamic extremism is through the establishment [...]

By Michael Barone (Archive) · Monday, January 31, 2011 Numbers can tell a story. Looking back on Barack Obama’s second State of the Union message, and looking forward to the congressional session and the 2012 elections, they tell a story that should leave Democrats uneasy. Start off with the audience in the House chamber. Not [...]