The Church & Obama&...

Daniel Henninger, WSJ Pope John Paul II, surveying from his seat in the eternal hereafter the battle between the American Catholic Church and the Obama administration over mandated contraception services, must be permitting himself a sad smile. The pope knew more than most about the...

Tales From the Kitchen ...

Gail Collins, New York Times This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control. She had...

How the Media Helped Lo...

Donald Bishop, Air Power The Tet offensive of 1968 must surely be regarded as one of history's chameleon campaigns. When the North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops assaulted targets throughout the Republic of Vietnam at the end of January 1968, they expected to trigger an uprising of...

SOTU: Did I Hear That R...

Clark Judge, WH Writers Group It sounded like such a soft, even conservative speech. But let me get this straight: 1) banks will be punished (do I understand this right, by a committee headed by Eric Holder?) if their lending is too risky, 2) and they will be required (by the same...

Hooray for the "Do...

Joel Pollak, RealClearPolitics On September 2, 2011, the government's official unemployment statistics revealed that the U.S. economy had created zero jobs in August, and the unemployment rate stood at 9.1 percent.A few days later, on Sept. 8, President Barack Obama addressed a...

Why Huntsman Reached th...

Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman has become the second Republican voted off the island in the 2012 Republican primary campaign (we don't count Tim Pawlenty or Herman Cain, both of whom dropped out before voting began). His decision late Sunday to...

Economic Stereotypes Ba...

Bill Frezza, RealClearMarkets If a presidential election were held between Gordon Gekko and Saul Alinsky, whom would you vote for?No, the pending match-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama is not a choice between a vulture capitalist and a radical socialist, but you wouldn't know...

Private Equity Career a...

James Pethokoukis, Examiner Read the rest here:  Private Equity Career an Asset for...

A Man’s Home Is t...

Nicole Gelinas, New York Post Does the US Constitution apply on the Upper West Side? The Supreme Court may soon decide.New York City and state regulate the rents of 982,000 apartments — half the city’s rental homes.The rules are complicated, but for the most part,...

Washington & Wall S...

Jon Huntsman, FOX News Rebuilding our economy and restoring trust in our government will require a leader with the independence to implement bold reforms that take on the establishment, from Washington to Wall Street.Thus far, however, we are the only campaign willing to confront honestly...