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Petraeus’s Policy Quandary by Jed Babbin Between now and September, will the President redefine his I...

Oil Drilling America

How much more pain must Americans endure before our masters in Washington let oil companies punch a f...

Wall Street in D.C.

At last Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on the government’s historic bailout of Bear Stea...

Republicans and Blacks

If Senator John McCain needed to prove that he is a real Republican, he did it when he continued an o...

The Democrats’ Iraq Calculation

The interesting thing about the plan that leading Democrats now advocate for Iraq is that its essenti...

In Iraq, Patience is Not a Policy

When he was the Democratic leader in the Senate, George Mitchell ruefully reflected that his job had ...

The Cleansing Power of Recessions

Recessions are part of capitalism. They happen every so often. We’ve had two in the last super-prospe...

Obama or Not, America Still a ‘Racist Nation’

Republicans show more optimism about race relations than do Democrats. A June 2007 Gallup Poll asked ...

“Remarkable” Ted Turner

Ted Turner was not only interviewed, but celebrated on PBS – on April Fool’s Day. The prank was appar...

Crab-Antics Conservatives

The other day, I was beholding Fox News’ beauteous Martha MacCallum on her TV salon, “The Live Desk,”...

Rino Rage

In last week’s column I suggested that John McCain might be given “the (Bob) Dole” treatment by party...

Satirical Words are ‘Violence’ in Colorado

Colorado College feminists couldn't handle a humorous flyer so the school punished the men responsibl...

Obama Promises to Dismantle Our Armed Forces

It takes less than a minute for Obama to reveal his ignorance on America's national security and defe...

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McCain Veepstakes: Portman Potential by John Gizzi The Budgeteer: Rob Portman....