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Floyd and Mary Beth Brown: Obama Commission Will Call for Trillions in Tax Hikes
Obama debt commission member, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, launched a scary trial balloon on ABC News. Gregg suggested the debt commission will likely recommend a massive $26.7 trillion tax increase....
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: Racial Politics Blows Up in Obama's Face
Whenever race is mentioned, it hurts Barack Obama's presidency. The very basis of his presidency is that he is the post-racial president. Now he finds himself knee-deep into racial politics.
Some is of his own doing....
Paul Driessen: Mrs. Madoff Exonerates Michael Mann
Pennsylvania State University recently released a report summarizing its final "investigation" into whether one of its employees had committed scientific misconduct. The report exonerated Dr. Michael Mann of all...
Bill O'Reilly: Fairness For Shirley
This time last week, few Americans had ever heard of Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod. Now she is a household name in households that actually follow the news. A few days ago, Sherrod was...
Robert Morrison: President Obama: Stilling the Waters
We all recall how Newsweek editor Evan Thomas last year gushed that President Obama hovered over the nations "like a sort of god." That was then. The only thing gushing lately has been the BP oil spill, now mercifully...
Rich Tucker: The Pursuit of "Progress"
When former Clinton administration official John Podesta wanted to launch a liberal think tank in 2003, he named it the Center for American Progress.
As it turns out, there aren't any particularly new ideas on the...
Larry Kudlow: Liberal Tax Revolt Game Changer?
The liberal tax revolt, as the Wall Street Journal is calling it, is a very important topic -- especially for investors and small-business entrepreneurs. And for new jobs.
The so-called revolt is comprised of...
Kathryn Lopez: A Christian Father in the Sudanese Trenches
American politicians give quite a few speeches on the importance of "dialogue" with Islam. In the Nuba mountains of Sudan, Macram Gassis actually carries it out.
Gassis is the Catholic bishop of El Obeid, which...
Brian Walsh: 2010 Race of the Day: Democrats' Maffei Problem
Though New York's highly prized 25th District fell to the Democrats in the 2008 Congressional elections, growing Republican momentum throughout the nation could easily swing this district back into the GOP column this...
Kenneth Bandler: Is Mahmoud Abbas the Obstacle to Peace?
The perfect storm is gathering in the Middle East, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas seems to be steering the ship directly into it.
In September, just as summer vacation ends, critical elements of...
Janice Shaw Crouse: TIP Report on Human Trafficking Deeply Flawed
The 10th anniversary Trafficking in Person's (TIP) Report is nearly 400 pages filled with assessments of 175 different countries' efforts to combat human trafficking. It is a monumental achievement that provides a...
Rich Galen: Simple Fairness
Some characters become known for their signature phrase.
Steve Martin: "Well, excuusssssse MEEEEEE."
Gomer Pyle: "Golllllll-EEEE."
Joe Friday: "Just the facts Ma'am."
Mr. Whipple: "Please don't squeeze the...
Matt Towery: Mama Can't Find a Doctor, and Other Fallout From New Democratic Legislation
Lately, even the most elite in media have started to report some of the intended and unintended consequences of the rushed and ill-conceived federal health care bill passed earlier this year by the Barack Obama...
Mona Charen: The Washington Post Finds Waste -- in Government!
Congratulations are due to the Washington Post. "Top Secret America," its in-depth, multi-part, two-year investigation into the vast network of government security agencies and private contractors is an...
Jonah Goldberg: Open Conspiracy is No Longer Merely Ajar
The Journolist has started to leak like an overripe diaper.
Just in case you've been living in a cave, or if you only get your news from MSNBC, here's the story. A young blogger, Ezra Klein, formerly of the...
Pat Buchanan: Losing White America
On Monday, the Department of Agriculture demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod over a two-minute videotape where she appeared to describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to...
David Harsanyi: Is This a Teachable Moment on Race?
When a story is too good to be true, it probably is.It is safe to say that conservative gadfly Andrew Breitbart -- whose notoriety exploded after helping expose ACORN's tax-assistance-for-hookers program -- ignored this...
Suzanne Fields: When Burly Becomes Surly
Ah, men. That's no benediction. These are tough times to be a man. It's too Freudian to say they're suffering from an identity crisis, but since macho has been put in mothballs, many men are searching for a new scent....
Linda Chavez: Rush to Judgment
The Shirley Sherrod episode is a painful reminder that most of us are too quick to allow prejudices to trump judgment. Sherrod's saga began when conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart decided to post a clip to his...
Brent Bozell: Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish
The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon "Despicable Me" is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. "Toy Story 3" is No. 1 for 2010, not only am
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