Grassroots Fighting Wal...

John Nichols, The Nation Voters across Europe are rejecting politicians who have placed the mania for deficit cutting above all other needs, and the mainstream media are beginning to echo the mood, with even The Economist arguing that austerity is “strangling the...

National Mood a Drag on...

Lydia Saad, Gallup Some six months before voters head to the polls to choose the next president of the United States, Gallup finds several indicators of the economic and political climate holding steady at levels that could be troublesome for President Barack Obama. According to Gallup...

Trolling for Dirt on th...

Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal Here's what happens when the president of the United States publicly targets a private citizen for the crime of supporting his opponent. Frank VanderSloot is the CEO of Melaleuca Inc. The 63-year-old has run that wellness-products company for 26...

Amid European Turmoil, ...

Lou Cannon, RCP As economic uncertainty and the specter of separatism haunts Europe, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) is moving toward a 2014 referendum in which Scots will decide if they should withdraw from the United Kingdom.On Friday the SNP will wrap up public consultation on the...

Yes, I Pretty Much Thin...

Kevin Drum, Mother Jones Read more from the original source: Yes, I Pretty Much Think the Euro Is...

Dead Cat Bounce for Soc...

Brian Wesbury & Robert Stein, First Trust See the original post here:  Dead Cat Bounce for...

Mitt’s Men Don...

Robert Stacy McCain, The American Spectator Does the Romney campaign have what it takes to beat Obama?Ryan Williams ate his tacos quietly, his blue eyes staring into space with the intensity of a man thinking about urgent business. Amid the afternoon crowd inside the Tortilla Coast...

GOP Lunacy Over Lugar...

Dana Milbank, Washington Post See the original post here:  GOP Lunacy Over...

Generialissimo Obama...

Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon One of President Obama's most annoying habits is his tendency to mistake the 300 million people of the United States for soldiers in an army charged with national reconstruction. He, of course, is the general.The tic is often barely...

Afghanistan, For the Lo...

Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star WASHINGTON — Show of hands: Does anybody really understand the U.S. policy in Afghanistan? Can anyone figure out how we're supposed to stay the course and bring home the troops at the same time?I'm at a loss, even after President...