Apr 29, 2011 WSJ By WSJ STAFF REPORTERS LONDON—They came, they wed, they kissed: Britain’s royal newlyweds, Prince William and the former Kate Middleton, completed their public wedding duties on the balcony of Buckingham Palace Friday afternoon with a couple of brief kisses capping a five-month global media drama in which they were the main [...]

Apr 29, 2011 WSJ By ANDY PASZTOR And ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Space shuttle Endeavour’s scheduled launch Friday recalls sunny spectacles that marked NASA’s former glory. But the sense of excitement surrounding the event masks the uncertain future of America’s manned exploration program. The launch is expected to be witnessed by a huge crowd, [...]

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Apr 29, 2011 By Larry Kudlow Stagflation officially returned today with a nasty GDP report that showed only 1.8 percent real growth, but 3.8 percent for the consumer spending deflator. It’s a mini version of the 1970s: low growth, higher inflation. Looked at another way, rising inflation is coexisting with high, near-9 percent unemployment. Keynesians [...]

Apr 29, 2011 By Pat Buchanan Well, it sure didn’t take long for the Tucson Truce to collapse. After Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot on Jan. 8 by a berserker who killed six others, including a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl, and wounded 13, the media were aflame with charges the right had created [...]

By MEREDITH SHINER | 4/27/11 2:59 PM EDT Updated: 4/28/11 8:18 AM EDT Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday he will hold a vote on Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan when Congress returns from recess — setting up a potential litmus test for Senate Republicans on whether they support Ryan’s dramatic budget cuts. [...]

By Edwin J. Feulner (Archive) · Friday, April 29, 2011 “Raise our taxes!” Can you imagine chanting such a slogan at a public rally? Neither could most Americans. There is one notable exception, however: government-union activists. They’re pretty explicit these days about their desire to see taxes go up. If that surprises you, you may [...]

By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Friday, April 29, 2011 It’s no secret that the messianic hopes Barack Obama once inspired have steadily given way to disillusion, and an ever-deepening sense of unease about the direction the country is heading. The president’s critics are tempted to say they told us so — and they give in [...]

By Linda Chavez (Archive) · Friday, April 29, 2011 Among the challenges facing the Democrats in the 2012 election is the prospect that President Barack Obama will not be able to re-energize his base — which included record numbers of Hispanic voters in 2008. Hispanics gave Obama 67 percent of their votes, but just as [...]

By Charles Krauthammer (Archive) · Friday, April 29, 2011 Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in Libya as “leading from behind.” – Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, May 2 issue WASHINGTON — To be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine. [...]