All of the Above Energy...

Gov. John Hickenlooper, Denver Post The gas station near our neighborhood has raised the price of a gallon of gas by nearly 20 cents in just one week. It's the same everywhere. Gas is climbing to nearly $4 per gallon — essentially a job-killing tax on consumers just as we...

It’s Romney Versu...

Joe Allbaugh, Washington Times Mitt Romney will win in November, and the reason is simple: because of President Obama’s record. Before my friends in the conservative movement spend the summer gnashing their teeth over the supposed ideological impurities of a Republican who...

Pleasant Pops to Open B...

The refreshing Mexican-inspired ice pops served up by D.C.’s Pleasant Pops have been sold from a cart and a food truck—and by this summer, they’ll be available at a market and cafe off of U Street NW. [ more › ] Originally posted here:  Pleasant Pops to Open...

In Heat: How This Freak...

Today we enter day four of our freakish late-winter heat wave. While few will complain of the glorious temperatures and ample sunshine, there’s something off-putting about this type of weather—and that it could end up lasting close to two weeks. Here’s a few ways this...

El D.C. Statehood: Sant...

Rick Santorum is for statehood! Good, ol’ fashioned English-speaking statehood. Sorry, Puerto Rico. [ more › ] More here:  El D.C. Statehood: Santorum Dice Que es Muy...

Mitt Suggested Obama Im...

Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed Republican Presidential front runner Mitt Romney has taken heat from his rival for a 2009 USA today op-ed touting RomneyCare, including the individual mandate as model for national health reform. But the former Massachusetts Governor's op-ed wasn't the...

Andrew Breitbart, R.I.P...

Mickey Kaus, The Daily Caller Andrew Breitbart R.I.P.: One day in the summer of 2010 I woke up to a commotion outside my door. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but it turned out that my neighbor, Jodie Evans, was having a fundraiser for her friend Jerry Brown, then...

America’s Domesti...

Joel Kotkin, The Daily Beast With gas prices beginning their summer spike to what could be record highs, President Obama in recent days has gone out of his way to sound reassuring on energy, seeming to approve an oil pipeline to Oklahoma this week after earlier approving leases for...

The GOP’s Emergin...

Steve Kornacki, Salon A flood of new data points to one clear conclusion: At least for now, President Obama and his Republican opponents are heading in opposite directions.A CBS News/New York Times poll released last night puts Obama’s approval rating at 50 percent —...

The Deadlock Scenario...

Steve Kornacki, Salon Rick Santorum’s three-state sweep this week has revived speculation that the Republican primary season will end without a candidate securing the magic number of delegates needed for a first ballot nomination, resulting in a deadlocked convention in Tampa,...