Obama, Private Equity a...

David Brooks, New York Times Forty years ago, corporate America was bloated, sluggish and losing ground to competitors in Japan and beyond. But then something astonishing happened. Financiers, private equity firms and bare-knuckled corporate executives initiated a series of reforms and...

New Book Dents Walter C...

Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast In the early 1970s, the most trusted man in America did a very untrustworthy thing.Unbeknownst to the millions who tuned in religiously to the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite cut a deal with Pan Am to fly his family to vacation spots around the world. Together...

Romney Puts Women’...

Cecile Richards, The Daily Beast If you want to see what women’s health care in America will be like if Mitt Romney becomes president, just look at Texas and Arizona.Both states are in the news these past few weeks for trying to prevent women from getting health care at Planned...

A Racial Revolution?...

Thomas Sowell, Investor’s Business Daily Now that census data show — for the first time in American history — the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to non-white minorities the question is: What does this mean for the future of American...

GOP Undermines Violence...

Valerie Jarrett, Huff Post The passage of the Violence Against Women Act nearly two decades ago was an historic moment for America's women and girls. The law gave women new legal protections that help ensure their safety.Last month, Democratic and Republican Senators came together to...

Why the GOP Is Flirting...

Brian Beutler, TPM Whether or not he can make it stick in any meaningful way, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) revealed on Tuesday that Republicans still have an appetite for debt limit brinksmanship — even after the last round nearly crippled the economy, and left the...

Obama’s Gay Marri...

Charles Hurt, Washington Times One “mainstream” American journalist broke into sobs of joy last week when President Obama publicly announced his twirling pirouette (aka “flip-flop”) in support of gay marriage. In describing the unbinding of his...

The Antietam of the Cul...

Pat Buchanan, Pitt Tribune-Review It took Joe Biden's public embrace of same-sex marriage to smoke him out.But after Joe told David Gregory of "Meet the Press" he was "absolutely comfortable" with homosexuals marrying, Barack Obama could not maintain his...

Dick Lugar: A D.C. Insi...

Stephanie Condon, CBS News Excerpt from:  Dick Lugar: A D.C. Insider on His Way...

Romney and Race in the ...

Harry Stein, City Journal If the Trayvon Martin case reminds us that race remains the great unresolved issue in our national life, it reminds us, too, of how illusory was the hope that Barack Obama might serve as a one-man antidote to America’s long history of racial division. More...