Things That Really Matt...

Charles Blow, New York Times Another week of presidential politics, another outbreak of faux outrage and media manipulation.President Obama’s campaign released an ad trumpeting Obama’s decision to conduct the military raid that ended in the killing of Osama bin Laden....

Memo to the Youth Vote...

Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal Why would anyone under the age of 25 vote for Barack Obama in November?Mr. Obama resumed his College Tour 2012 last week, visiting campuses in Iowa, North Carolina and Colorado for the purpose of replicating his 66% youth-vote total from 2008. Read...

Three Categories of VP ...

Chris Stirewalt, FOX News Both President Obama and Mitt Romney will campaign in Virginia this week beginning what is sure to be one of most brutal state-level battles in the 2012 campaign.Romney must win Virginia and Obama will do his best to keep him pinned down here and in North...

Mission Accomplished &#...

Michael Hirsh, National Journal Let’s be clear: Flying abruptly to Kabul to announce that the end “is now within our reach” against a backdrop of military vehicles on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death is nothing like landing on a carrier...

In Egypt, Movie Star Co...

Ronnie Khalil, CNN View post:  In Egypt, Movie Star Convicted of "Insulting...

Rise of Generation Occu...

Jeffrey Sachs, Salon Go to home page Around the world, young people"”students, workers, and the unemployed"”are bringing their grievances to the public square. Protests have spread throughout the world, from Tunis to Cairo, Tel Aviv to Santiago de...

Obama Slow Jams the Cam...

David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun 67° F6:16 a.m. EDT, April 25, 2012Tuesday night, there was a two-hour report by "Frontline" that explained better than anything I have ever seen on TV how the middle-class got shredded by Wall Street and sold-out by our elected leaders in...

Dems Boldly Do Nothing ...

Rich Lowry, New York Post Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota is the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. That means he’s the Democratic point man for the absolutely essential work of not coming up with a budget.Conrad has occasionally gone wobbly. Sometimes he has sounded...

Is Facebook Making Us L...

Stephen Marche, The Atlantic Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B-movie star, best known for her role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, would have been 83 last August, but nobody knows exactly how old she was when she died. According to the Los Angeles coroner's report, she...

Why Mitt May Pick a &qu...

Michael Barone, DC Examiner Some 20 million Americans in primaries and caucuses will take part in selecting the Republican presidential nominee. One person will choose the vice presidential nominee.This has long struck me as absurd: One person choosing someone who, as a result, might...