Romney can sit back and let Obama beat himself By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, May 10, 2012 It is 178 days until the presidential election. Every day presents an opportunity for the candidates. It will either be an up day, or a down day. At the end of this tight race, the [...]

President tells Congress what he won’t let it do By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, May 10, 2012 President Obama was giving the electorate the old razzle-dazzle in a speech in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday. Though billed as remarks on the economy, it was quickly revealed to be the next page in Mr. [...]

A confessed killer of Americans is about to walk free in Iraq. May 9, 2012 – WSJ A captured senior Hezbollah operative who confessed to the torture and murder of American soldiers may soon walk free. This travesty is a betrayal of those fallen men, and an indictment of the Obama Administration’s politically contorted approach to [...]

The President has a pre-election change of heart. May 9, 2012 – WSJ Congratulations to President Obama for matching his public policy with what everyone already knew were his private beliefs. His statement Wednesday that he supports same-sex marriage spared the public the ruse of waiting until after the election to state the inevitable. First [...]

May 9, 2012 Energy Security: Do America’s enemies wish us well? It’s an important question because they’ve made a big push to halt U.S. energy production. So why does the Obama administration’s policies support their aims? Energy is the lifeblood of the mighty U.S. economy, and it ought to surprise no one that America’s enemies [...]

May 9, 2012 Values: The president’s coming out in favor of gay marriage shows he’s to the left of most black Americans — and willing to throw his most loyal backers under the gay pride float. Under pressure to assuage the gay lobby and young voters ahead of November, Obama on Wednesday told ABC News [...]

The global-warming fight is a thinly disguised anti-capitalist movement By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, May 9, 2012 By strangling the U.S. economy, President Obama may have single-handedly saved the planet. That’s the upshot of a paper recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Science & Policy by researchers from the University of [...]

The Chronicle fires a writer for doing what she was hired to do. May 8, 2012 – WSJ The Chronicle of Higher Education has fired our former editorial-page colleague, Naomi Schaefer Riley, for a blog posting on the Chronicle’s website that offended 6,500 professors. Well, they’re not all professors yet, but they are members of [...]

May 8, 2012  View Enlarged Image Taxes: A new IBD/TIPP poll finds most back President Obama’s soak-the-rich Buffett tax rule. But they also want dividend and capital gains taxes kept low to encourage investment and growth. Problem is, you can’t do both. The IBD/TIPP survey found that 55% of Americans think investment income should be “taxed at [...]

American freedoms are being replaced with the illusion of security By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Tampa, Fla., wants to cancel the rights of concealed-carry permit holders in the vicinity of the upcoming Republican National Convention. Commuter-train passengers in Chicago will be subjected to frisking and airport-style X-ray scanning during [...]