Posted 11/17/2011 06:48 PM ET Inequality: As cities rousted Occupiers, liberals claimed the movement has already succeeded by calling attention to income inequality. But all it’s really done is give the left an excuse to recycle bogus class-warfare claims. Soon after Mayor Bloomberg cleared the Occupiers out of New York’s Zuccotti Park, Washington Post blogger [...]

Posted 11/17/2011 06:48 PM ET Ethics: As Democrats demonize Wall Street CEOs as the “greedy” fiends of the financial crisis, they’ve lined their own pockets — both before and after the crisis. Nancy Pelosi’s just the latest example. The former House speaker allegedly gamed financial reforms to boost her personal stock portfolio. The brewing scandal [...]

Nov 18, 2011 AFGHANISTAN STORIES: DVIDS New girls in Town: FET resets Story and photos by Cpl. Katherine Keleher Cpl. Brandy Bates, assigned to Female Engagement Team (FET) 11 in Marjah district, Helmand province, and a native of Mich., listens to other Marines with FET, talk about their experiences during deployment, Nov. 13. CAMP LEATHERNECK, [...]

Proposals would streamline wasteful, duplicative bureaucracy By Emily Miller The Washington Times Thursday, November 17, 2011 Seventy-seven different federal government programs simultaneously attempt to address the needs of the poor. The cost of these programs is climbing faster than Social Security, Medicare or defense. The welfare issue hasn’t been touched in over 15 years, so [...]

Administration loosened abortion laws in African nation By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, November 17, 2011 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Monday confirming Obama administration meddling in the drafting of controversial provisions of Kenya’s constitution, which were ratified last year. Officials funneled $18 million in taxpayer cash to a number [...]

Obama ignores the nonviolent extremists By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, November 17, 2011 The United States is winning the war on terrorism. Unfortunately, Islamic extremists are winning the peace. A CBS News poll released last week revealed that just as many Americans think the United States and its allies are winning the [...]

By Michael Goodwin Published November 16, 2011 New York Post It is known as the “broken windows” theory of policing and civic order. Its premise is a simple and accurate barometer of human nature: If a broken window is left unattended, more broken windows, and worse, will follow. On becoming mayor in 1994, Rudy Giuliani [...]

Published November 17, 2011 Associated Press WASHINGTON –  Congress has approved a big compromise spending bill that averts a weekend government shutdown that neither party wanted. Passage of the bill Thursday came despite conservatives’ complaints about excessive spending and liberals’ objections to a provision letting the government continue classifying pizza sauces served to school children [...]

Published November 17, 2011 FoxNews.com Conservatives are rallying in support of a balanced-budget amendment in the run-up to a Friday vote, warning fellow lawmakers that it’s just about the only way to ensure Congress follows through on vows to cut spending.  The debate comes the same week the national debt crossed the $15 trillion mark. [...]

Nov 18, 2011 (CNN) — Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Thursday that three Occupy Denver activists have been charged with felonies — including inciting a riot and second-degree assault on an officer. While Occupy Wall Street protests began in New York two months ago, the movement has spread to several other cities — as [...]