By Charles Krauthammer (Archive) · Friday, December 30, 2011 WASHINGTON — Huge excitement. Two Earth-size planets found orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after the stunning announcement of another planet orbiting another star at precisely the right distance — within the so-called “habitable zone” that is not [...]

December 30, 2011 By Don Feder To “get” Ron Paul you have to understand libertarianism — an ism every bit as delusional as Marxism. The National Libertarian Party, which first ran a presidential candidate in 1972, hasn’t had many wins — electing 4 state legislators in as many decades, as well as a planning commissioner [...]

December 30, 2011 By Matt Holzmann Last week, the FBI released its preliminary crime statistics for the first half of 2011, and across the nation violent crimes dropped 6.7% while property crimes dropped 3.7%. This continues a downward trend that dates back to the 1970′s. Many of the violent crimes reported this year have been [...]

Posted 12/29/2011 06:17 PM ET  Journalism: Bloomberg News has published a piece designed to shame GOP White House hopefuls for fingering government housing policy in the crisis. But it’s Bloomberg that needs schooling. Its lengthy article scoffs at top Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for laying much of the blame on federal regulations. [...]

Posted 12/29/2011 06:17 PM ET   Energy Independence: As our enemy Iran threatens to close a vital waterway for the shipping of oil, plans for a secure, job-creating supply from our ally Canada gather dust on the president’s desk. The blustering threat from the quite mad Iranian mullahs and their supremely mad leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, [...]

Posted 12/29/2011 06:17 PM ET   Corruption: The Obama administration promised a green energy future. What it delivered, though, is a present filled with rancid politics, aching failure and tawdry scandal. At the top of the list is the Solyndra collapse. President Obama himself visited the California solar panel maker, lauding it for “leading the [...]

Posted 12/29/2011 06:27 PM ET   Success: Away from the low growth and high regulation of an America under Washington’s thumb, our northern neighbor is economically strong. As 2011 ends, Canada has announced yet another tax cut — and will soar even more. The Obama administration and its economic czars have flailed about for years, [...]

GOP has to get serious to avoid blowing big opportunity By Brett M. Decker The Washington Times Thursday, December 29, 2011 The latest Rasmussen Reports poll makes what’s at stake crystal clear for Republicans getting ready to vote in primaries and caucuses: President Obama is beatable. In fact, the only way Barack gets a second [...]

Instability in Europe threatens prosperity here at home By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Consumer confidence is at the highest level it’s been since the recession officially ended in February. Many financial analysts share the optimistic outlook. An Associated Press poll of economists projected higher growth for the U.S. economy [...]

Online piracy is a scapegoat for Hollywood’s lack of ideas By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Congress once again is about to expand the ability of federal bureaucrats to censor the Internet. Earlier this month, the House Judiciary Committee began marking up the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill designed [...]