It’s Not About Yo...

Peter Wehner, Commentary In his appearance on ABC’s “The View,” President Obama was asked how tight he thinks the campaign against Mitt Romney will be. To which the president responded, “When your name is Barack Obama, it’s always...

Thought Police Ban Gay ...

Ben Shapiro, Big Government The “tolerant” same-sex marriage left has struck again – this time, at the popular hangout The Grove, in Los Angeles. The owner of The Grove, Rick Caruso, tweeted that iconic boxing great and Philippines Congressman Manny Pacquiao...

The Future Is More Than...

Rich Karlgaard, Wall Street Journal In March 1986, Microsoft ended its first day as a public company with a market capitalization of $780 million. Its value grew more than 700 times that over the next 13 years and made Bill Gates, in 1999, the richest man ever with a net worth of $101...

Dems in Despair on Wisc...

Christian Schneider, New York Post On Monday, local party officials began complaining bitterly about the lack of resources national Democratic groups are committing to the recall effort in Wisconsin. “We are frustrated by the lack of support from the Democratic National...

On Health Care, State D...

Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe PRICES WERE out of control at the end of third-century Rome, and the Emperor Diocletian was determined to rein them in. In AD 301 he issued his famous Edict on Prices, a complex piece of legislation that banned speculation and established price ceilings for a...

Why I Think Obama Is Lo...

Clive Crook, The Atlantic As always Bill Galston and John Cassidy are well worth reading. In interesting new commentaries on the election, both think Obama has the edge, while emphasizing that it might be a close thing and warning Democrats against complacency. I hesitate to put my...

Mitt Romney’s Tea...

Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast At first blush, it looked so deftly orchestrated on Tuesday—Mitt Romney giving his blistering “prairie fire” speech on the debt, and John Boehner telling Pete Peterson and crowd that he relishes forcing another debt-ceiling...

Another Bipartisan Spen...

George Will, Washington Post Bipartisanship, the supposed scarcity of which so distresses the high-minded, actually is disastrously prevalent.Since 2001, it has produced No Child Left Behind, a counterproductive federal intrusion in primary and secondary education; the McCain-Feingold...

What Mitt Romney Is Rea...

Edwin Durgy, Forbes Originally posted here:  What Mitt Romney Is Really...

Facebook: A Tale of Two...

Michael Wolff, The Guardian What is social media – I mean, as opposed to plain old media?That's the unexamined question that will only become more pressing – and less clear – when Facebook shortly completes its IPO, with more and more people in plain old...