By Jonah Goldberg (Archive) · Wednesday, August 31, 2011 When asked what posed the greatest challenge to statesmen, Harold Macmillan, the former British prime minister, responded, “Events, my dear boy, events.” That’s because events tend to throw everybody off their plan. For example, Hurricane Irene ended President Obama’s vacation early. And the hurricane’s steady deterioration [...]

By L. Brent Bozell (Archive) · Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Al Sharpton’s claim to fame is he has never found a crisis he couldn’t exploit — even when one doesn’t exist. On Friday’s pre-hurricane episode of his MSNBC show, “PoliticsNation,” he warned “Hurricane Irene is nonpartisan” and that it is threatening both red and blue [...]

By Walter E. Williams (Archive) · Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Overall U.S. unemployment is 9.1 percent. For white adults, it’s 8 percent, and for white teens, 23 percent. Black adult unemployment stands at 17 percent, and for black teens, it’s 40 percent, more than 50 percent in some cities, for example, Washington. Chapter 3 of [...]

August 31, 2011 Ethel C. Fenig The past few weeks have been very busy, very productive for super-rich multi, multi  billionaire Warren Buffett.  He wrotea widely publicized, widely mocked (or praised depending on your viewpoint) op-ed in the New York Times titled “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich,”  advocating higher taxes for people like himself–super-rich.  He spoke [...]

August 31, 2011 David Paulin Playland, a historic amusement  park in Westchester County, N.Y, just outside New York City, is known for its good clean fun. It’s perfect for a family outing. Or a date.   You won’t find any carnival-style freak shows at the county-owned park — well, at least not until Tuesday afternoon. [...]

By PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY Posted 08/30/2011 05:21 PM ET The media are absorbed with the race for the Republican presidential nomination—commenting on daily fluctuations in the polls and predicting who will win. But why are they omitting discussion of the elephant in the room — China? When Donald Trump briefly considered running for president, his straight talk [...]

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Aug 31, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS From the Afghanistan Mountains to the Oregon Coast Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Anna Rutherford    TF Gridley, 1249th Engr. Bn., Oregon Army NG soldiers Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Polley and son Spc. Alexander Polley pose for a quick photo, during the last night of the Hood to [...]

Commander in chief tries to dodge blame for rising U.S. fatalities By The Washington Times Tuesday, August 30, 2011 August 2011 was the deadliest month yet for America in almost 10 years of war in Afghanistan. A record 66 U.S. troops have died with one day to go in the month, and an additional 14 [...]

New data shed light on sun’s climate role By The Washington Times Tuesday, August 30, 2011 It’s not surprising that prominent members of the “me” generation who think the universe revolves around themselves also believe they hold sway over Earth’s climate. New science is dispelling their delusion and confirming that Mother Nature still is in [...]