Feb 23, 2011 By Willian R. Hawkins The testing of China’s new J-20 stealth fighter last month, which garnered international attention because it took place during Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ visit to Beijing, was not an isolated event but the sign of something larger. There has been considered debate about the warplane’s true capabilities. Is [...]

Feb 23, 2011 By Frank Burke For those outside the state to fully appreciate the significance of what is happening in Wisconsin, it is necessary to understand the local political situation over the past decade.  To conservatives and to many moderates, the capture of the governorship, the state senate and assembly, two House seats, and [...]

Feb 23, 2011 By Robin of Berkeley I have noticed fewer people around town this past weekend.  First I thought it was because of the Presidents Day holiday.  Then I realized it was because anarchists were being bused into Wisconsin!  More for them, and less for us! The Midwest is getting a bit of a [...]

Feb 22, 2011 IBD Labor: If unions were formed to protect workers from employer abuse, right-to-work laws were created to protect taxpayers and workers from union abuse. States with such laws enjoy higher growth and purchasing power. With Wisconsin still under siege by the “angry mobs” of bused-in union workers, the Ohio of GOP Gov. [...]

By HOWARD RICH Posted 02/22/2011 President Obama has said that the cuts included in his fiscal 2012 budget will force “tough choices and sacrifices.” Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner invoked a former tax-hiking president in defending his chamber’s proposed budget reductions. “When we say we are going to cut spending, read my lips: We are [...]

By ERNEST S. CHRISTIAN GARY A. ROBBINS Posted 02/22/2011 Having little real-life acquaintance with America and its people, President Obama probably was genuinely surprised by the electoral uprising last November. The voters are smarter than he thinks. Admittedly, in 2008, he talked 69 million of them into voting for an illusion that was not the [...]

Feb 22, 2011 IBD Ally Betrayed: The Obama administration wanted the best of both worlds in vetoing a U.N. condemnation of Israel while publicly agreeing with it. Instead, an increasingly impotent United States added insult to injury. Last Friday the U.S. performed a contortionist’s routine at the United Nations Security Council. We officially exercised our [...]

Feb 22, 2011 IBD Democracy: As the flames of freedom sweep Libya, longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s days look to be numbered. With the outcome still uncertain, a question arises: Why is the U.S. sitting on its hands? The Obama administration’s approach to yet another revolt in an Arab country seems weirdly passive, as if sitting [...]

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Feb 23, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: RC-SW ANA Soldiers Distribute Medical Supplies in Gereshk Story by Cpl. Brian Gabriel Jr. An ANA soldier gathers hygiene items for a baby and her family. ANA soldiers working in support of Op Omid Shash distributed medical supplies to a local community in Gereshk, Feb. 15. Since much of the [...]