Liquidating the Empire - Pat Buchanan (2/27/2010)
How do conservatives justify borrowing hundreds of billions yearly from Europe, Japan and the Gulf states -- to defend Europe, Japan and the Arab Gulf states? Is it not absurd to borrow hundreds of billion annually from China -- to defend Asia from China?

Cut Fannie, Freddie From Too Big To Fail List - The Altoona Mirror (2/26/2010)
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to enjoy the assurance that if they founder, Uncle Sam will bail them out. There seem to have been few changes in their business model. In fact, Congress is pushing for even more risky lending.

November's Consequence: A Paralyzed Government - Pat Buchanan (2/25/2010)
Principled conservatives are resisting tax hikes because they believe government has grown too huge for the good of the country. And if that means putting the beast on a starvation diet – no new tax revenue to batten on – so be it. Cold turkey time.

Obama Defeats FDR - Terence P. Jeffrey (2/24/2010)
"After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility," Obama said. Hypocrisy of this magnitude should qualify as an Olympic event.

Soldiers Deserve The Best - Ken Geesey (2/23/2010)
Forcing democracy and Western-style thinking on a nation of tribal structure is insane. Destroying our economy and weakening our ability to respond to other potential threats by continuing on the current path makes no sense.

The Red-Hot Scam Unravels - Wesley Pruden (2/22/2010)
You can fool some of the people all of the time, as Abe Lincoln observed, and you even can fool all the people some of the time. But you can't fool all the people all the time. Relying on points one and two, Al Gore and his friends overlooked point th

Secession in the Air - Pat Buchanan (2/21/2010)
No, it is not 1860 again. But with all the talk of the 10th Amendment, nullification and interposition, states rights and secession, one might think so.And one wouldn't be alone. The Framers would likely agree that a little revolution is a good thing

First-Time Buyer Delays Reflect Incompetence - Carley Clark (2/20/2010)
I ... can't help but observe that this agency, the very embodiment of bureaucratic red tape, is run by the same government that wants to take over our health care. I wonder if I could be nearly so patient if I were waiting for surgery or medication.

Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom - John Stossel (2/19/2010)
According to the Tax Foundation, sicty percent of the population now accepts more in government services than they pay in taxes -- and the rate is accelerating. Is this a good direction for American culture and polity? Do we want takers or makers?

Obama's Owned -- You Can Bank On It - Ann Coulter (2/18/2010)
Republicans should defend any investment houses that never benefited from a government bailout. But anyone who took huge gambles, lost and got bailed out with taxpayer money should be tortured and then shot.

Black Opportunity Destruction - Walter Williams (2/17/2010)
Language is our tool of communication. If a person has poor oral language skills, he's likely to have poor writing, reading and comprehension skills. To my knowledge, there are no books in any field of study written in Ebonics or black English.

South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Currency - CBS News (2/17/2010)
South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would mandate that gold and silver coins replace federal currency as legal tender in his state.

Emily Post Would Be Rightly Appalled - Meghan Cox Gurdan (2/16/2010)
'Tis the high-school dance season, and all across the land young people are grinding at one another in darkened gyms, many wearing such quaint vestiges of past propriety as corsages and boutonnieres.

America Drowning In Red Ink - The Altoona Mirror (2/15/2010)
Americans need to tamp down their expectations if they want the debt to stop growing. They can't look at Washington as an endless source of easy money. They have to decide what they willing to sacrifice in order to improve the nation's financial h

Recession Chugs On, Except In Government - The Washington Examiner (2/14/2010)
Among the few sectors of the economy showing net employment growth over the past year is the federal government. The civil service is rapidly expanding as Obama increases the size of government, with 33,000 new positions being added in January alone.

The President and the Republicans - Cal Thomas (2/13/2010)
President Obama is a self-described "progressive." Progressives believe in an intellectual hierarchy that gets to decide what is best for the "uninformed" masses. They use government to impose their worldview on others, and are the antithesis of freedom.

Blame Voters for Crooked Politicians - William D. Eisenhart Jr. (2/12/2010)
Some say all politicians are crooks. Then why do you keep "rehiring" them with your vote? When so many of them are of such low character, how could they possibly get re-elected? Because he can bring home the most pork. Right?

A Future Rooted in the Past - George Will (2/11/2010)
While China invests in its future, America increasingly invests in its past. China's ascent to global economic hegemony could be derailed by unforeseen scarcities or social fissures. America's destiny is demographic, and therefore is inexorable.

The Scalia v. Stevens Smackdown - Daniel Henninger (2/11/2010)
Nothing — not even George W. Bush — has sent liberaldom screaming into the streets more than the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The left's disdain for corporations is visce

Feds Push For Tracking Cell Phones - CNet News (2/11/2010)
Two years ago, when the FBI was stymied by a band of armed robbers known as the "Scarecrow Bandits" that had robbed more than 20 Texas banks, it came up with a novel method of locating the thieves. Searching cell phone records.

The Case Against Corporate Speech (In Opposition) - Ralph Nader and Robert Weissman (2/10/2010)
The case of Citizens United portends dire consequences for the nation's constitutional premise of "we the people," not we the corporations. Our constitution and amendments, make no mention of corporate entities, only human beings and their government.

Will Obama Play the War Card? - Pat Buchanan (2/10/2010)
Should the president declare he has gone the last mile for a negotiated end to Iran's nuclear program and impose the "crippling" sanctions he promised in 2008, America would be on an escalator to confrontation that could lead straight to war.

Haiti Needs to Be Built, Not Rebuilt - Peter A. Coclanis (2/9/2010)
Before the quake there were more than 10,000 nongovernmental organizations in Haiti feeding the poor, providing health care and much more. This fact alone should give the world pause. Haiti doesn't need to be rebuilt. It needs to be built from scratch

Global Warming Update - Walter Williams (2/8/2010)
Mounting evidence of scientific fraud might make little difference in terms of the response to manmade global warming hysteria. Why? Vested economic and political interests have emerged where trillions of dollars and social control are at stake.

The Case Against Gays in the Military - Mackubin Thomas Owens (2/7/2010)
The reason for excluding open homosexuals from the military has nothing to do with equal rights or freedom of expression. Indeed, there is no constitutional right to serve in the military. The primary consideration must be military effectiveness.

How Climate-Change Fanatics Corrupted Science - Michael Barone (2/6/2010)
Quick, name the most distrusted occupations. Trial lawyers? Pretty skuzzy. Used car dealers? Always near the bottom of the list. But over the last few months a new profession has moved smartly up the list and threatens to overtake all. Climate scientist.

The Obama Contradiction - Peggy Noonan (2/5/2010)
The central fact of the president's State of the Union address was the contradiction at its heart. It repeatedly asserted that Washington is the answer to everything. At the same time it painted a picture of Washington as a sick and broken place.

White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies - ABC News (2/4/2010)
Lawyers for President Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring. Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court could decide to step aside.

Barney Frank and the "Democratic" Senate - Brion McClanahan (2/4/2010)
The Senate was designed to be independent from the will of the people and beholden to the interests of the States. John Dickinson of Delaware suggested this would allow the Senate the ability to "check and decide with uncommon freedom."

The Runaway Subsidy Train - Wendell Cox (2/3/2010)
Supporters say high-speed rail is a cost-effective, "green" solution to airport and highway congestion. In reality, it is costly to build and operate and has a negligible impact on highway and airport traffic. It's purely a romantic notion.