Feb 28, 2011 By Bruce Bialosky I have now read over 100 articles on the Federal budget, and what has become abundantly clear is that President Obama and his Democrat colleagues have no desire to reduce even a single expenditure. That may seem like a mundane statement, but, in fact, it accurately describes a position [...]

By Michael Barone (Archive) · Monday, February 28, 2011 It’s a question that puzzles most liberals and bothers some conservatives. Why are so many modest-income white voters rejecting the Obama Democrats’ policies of economic redistribution and embracing the small-government policies of the tea party movement? It’s not supposed to work out that way, say the [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Monday, February 28, 2011 It’s probably no surprise that nearly all of my Jewish friends and relatives long ago washed their hands of me. They simply couldn’t fathom how I, who grew up as most of them did, in the home of Russian-Jewish immigrants, could have turned out to be [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Monte Kuligowski Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” tried and tried and tried some more to get Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) to apologize and retract his statements that Obama should be willing to go to the location of the troops and put himself in harm’s way when visiting Afghanistan. Lawrence [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Karin McQuillan President Obama and the left wing of the Democratic Party think they are entitled to win.  From our narcissistic President to screaming union organizers, they are puffed up with self-righteous zeal.  They must have health care to save the sick, they must shut down Louisiana oil rigs to save [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Aaron Gee Gasoline prices keep going up and the consumer is getting hammered with gas well over three dollars.  In 2008 the soaring cost of energy was the fuse that kicked off the US recession that was ultimately driven by the financial crisis.  Both issues were made worse by the federal [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Jeffrey Folks Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Houston this weekend talking with oil executives who are eager to start drilling again in the Gulf of Mexico. That may sound like progress, but after the meeting Salazar said that nothing had changed. He was not ready to approve any new drilling. [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Cliff Thier The Republican majority of the Wisconsin State Senate has at hand the tools to end its stalemate now. The Wisconsin Constitution requires that to vote on a law dealing with taxing or spending or borrowing, a “quorum” is needed, and the minimum number to constitute a “quorum” is sixty [...]

Feb 28, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-East, Bagram Media Center Polish and US Forces bond through weapons   Written by 2nd Lt. Laura Childs, Texas ADT IV  Capt. Brent Kemp, Texas NG ADT-IV, accepts his Polish Army Rifle Marksmanship Gold Badge from TF White Eagle Battle Group Alpha, Polish Army Lt. Col. Gorowski, Feb. 19. Twenty-three [...]

Skeptics call prospects iffy By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times 8:36 p.m., Sunday, February 27, 2011 With efforts to repeal the health care law stalling on Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers in states across the country are turning to another tool in the Constitution to try to limit the law’s reach — interstate compacts. To backers, [...]