Eternally Shifting Sand...

Mark Steyn, OC Register "Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."So the lunatic theory that Barack Obama doesn't meet the minimum eligibility requirements to be president of the...

Why Europe and America ...

David Brooks, New York Times The people who pioneered democracy in Europe and the United States had a low but pretty accurate view of human nature. They knew that if we get the chance, most of us will try to get something for nothing. They knew that people generally prize short-term...

It’s Not Easy Bei...

Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics I don't know about you, but I'm starting to feel kind of bad for rich people. Money, the media repeatedly remind us, is terrible, particularly when it's in the hands of the fabled 1 percent — like, say, Mitt Romney, who reportedly...

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...

Obama’s Evolution...

Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast Barack Obama's evolution is complete.Kristoffer Tripplaar, Pool / Getty ImagesThe president of the United States has just endorsed gay marriage"”putting him not just in stark opposition to Mitt Romney but to Americans who firmly oppose...

Hollande Offers France ...

Nile Gardiner, Telegraph Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat at the hands of French Socialist leader Francois Hollande has sent shock waves throughout Europe, and will significantly challenge the fragile austerity consensus across the EU. Jean-Marc Ayrault, the likely next prime minister...

Austerity as a Bridge t...

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post WASHINGTON — Economic austerity is a dangerous, self-defeating intellectual fad. Perhaps I should say that's what it was, given Sunday's election results in Europe. Perhaps I should also say good riddance.Voters in France, Greece...

The Fiscal Cliff Cometh...

Mohamed El-Erian, Washington Post Economists are rightly starting to warn that the United States faces a worrisome "fiscal cliff" at year's end. The blunt spending cuts mandated by the 2011 compromise on the debt ceiling "” and the failure of the...

America Betrays Chen Gu...

Kirsten Powers, The Daily Beast Does the United States still stand as a beacon of hope to the oppressed around the world? Human-rights lawyer and Chinese folk hero Chen Guangcheng thought we did. That's why he risked his life to get to the United States Embassy in Beijing. But it was...

Is Chris Christie the V...

Bruno Navarro, CNBC Is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie precisely who presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney needs to defeat a sitting president?Christie, who has repeatedly denied he wanted the be considered for the vice-presidential spot on the Republican ticket, sounded...