By CESAR CONDA AND J.T. YOUNGPosted 03/09/2010 06:57 PM ET Who killed the economy? Those on the left want to frame the previous administration, with George Bush fronting every lineup and most scenarios implicating the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. This gives us the chance to play detective and prove not just the innocence [...]

Posted 03/09/2010 07:04 PM ET Economics: The columnist who worries about Washington not spending enough also blames the financial crisis on “free-market fundamentalism” and “letting bankers do what they want.” When did Uncle Sam do that? In his new book “The Great Money Binge,” legendary newspaper editor George Melloan calls attention to New York Times [...]

Democrats are replacing full-time jobs with part-time temporary ones Mar 10, 2010 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democrats and the liberal media greeted Friday’s announcement of a 9.7 percent unemployment rate as great news. Contrary to political propaganda designed to make the economy seem less troubled than it is, the real unemployment situation in America is [...]

The president’s energy policy is sticking it to Americans Mar 9, 2010 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Get ready to pay a lot more than $3 a gallon to fill up your car during peak driving periods this spring and summer. More pain at the pump is the inevitable result of the Obama administration’s carrot-and-stick approach [...]

  By Michael Gerson Wednesday, March 10, 2010   Whatever the legislative fate of health reform — now in the hands of a few besieged House Democrats — the reformers have failed in their argument. Their proposal has divided Democrats while uniting Republicans, returned American politics to well-worn ideological ruts, employed legislative tactics that smack [...]

By DAVID LEONHARDT   Published: March 9, 2010 For anyone who cares about medical costs — which is to say anyone who cares about the take-home pay of American families or about the budget deficit — President Obama’s health reform plan is a terribly mixed bag. It does so much less than the ideal plan [...]

In no other profession are workers so insulated from accountability. By Evan Thomas and Pat Wingert | NEWSWEEK Published Mar 6, 2010 The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation’s future. Once upon a time, American students tested [...]

Mar 9, 2010 By Michael Goodwin FOXNews.com   President Obama is determined to jam a health care takeover through Congress. So why hasn’t he been involved in the debate over where to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed? This is shameful. President Obama has given some 35 speeches on health care, spent entire weekends trying to cut [...]

Mar 8, 2010 By Jon Kraushar FOXNews.com   Will we allow America to become a country where we do as we’re told rather than a country where we only do when we’re sold? Regarding health care, President Obama is telling us what we must do rather than selling us on it. This violates a good [...]

Mar 8, 2010 By Rodney Mock and Jeffrey Tolin FOXNews.com   Never before has our federal government required us to purchase anything deemed in our “best interest,” or face monetary penalties. President Obama was in Pennsylvania on Monday, trying to sell his health care plan to America at a town hall meeting. As Congress continues [...]