For those of us waiting for two consecutive quarters of shrinking real GDP before we declare a "real" recession, we can stop waiting. But some perspective is in order. It's not that bad so far. More

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is often dismissed as a showboater and a buffoon. He is actually dangerous. More

With the magic stroke of his executive pen, Obama has declared his intentions that no ground will be given and no prisoners spared when it comes to abortion. More

The numbers tell an interesting story in the hands of AT's Richard Baehr. More

Blago is being impeached for the right reasons, not just technicalities. More

The sinister logic behind the Speaker's theory of birth control and economics. More

I'm still trying to grasp the concept of a trillion dollar bailout.  Einstein thought about riding a beam of light.  I think he had the easier time. More

An asset can also be a liability thanks to Congress's "unified budget" game. More

As the only official censorship bureau in America, the CIA's censorship operation provides insights on attempts to muzzle conservative talk radio More

"President Obama" seems a far too stiff and stilted salutation for a people's president who called a female journalist "sweetie." More

Depending on the circumstances, "bipartisanship" is almost always a sign of either political weakness or moral turpitude. Here's why. More

President Obama faces a series of challenges. His responses will depend on one factor above all others. More

The biggest problem we remaining conservatives have to consider is the Woman Problem. More

Service and giving are pervasive themes under the new President, but he needs to clarify his intended audience. More

The left are not acting like people basking in the glory of a long-sought victory. In their moment of victory, the American left is no less than desperate. More

In a political environment these days without humor, I like Blago. He's the political bad boy of our age. More

Phases-by-phase: What Isarel did and what it learned. More

The key to preventing Hamas from obtaining weapons and ending the conflict with Hamas is control of the tunnels under Rafah. More

The world seems to be moving backwards for Senator Patrick Leahy. More

Arthur Ochs "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. has driven the proudest institution in journalism to the doorstep of ruin. More

Unexpected weaknesses and strengths from the nascent Obama Administration. More

It is nearly unanimous. The reason for the current financial mess isn't over-leveraging, or criminally negligent management and Directors, or even an excess supply of millions of homes. It is that darn mark-to-market rule. More

It's not the science. It's the policy. More

There's one change that only 41% of Americans can believe in: man-made climate change.  That's down from 47% just nine months ago. More

A scare report on Arctic ice melting does not bear close scrutiny. More

The Almighty's own caveat that he aims to exalt those who humble themselves, and humble those who exalt themselves is worth bearing in mind. More

In few places where public diplomacy and negotiations are conducted is there such visible moral incoherence and hypocrisy as regularly occurs in UN Human Rights Council sessions More

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University will be hosting a two-day conference on the theme of The Iranian Revolution: Thirty Years; More

Something quite notable was said before an audience of tens of millions of Americans on January 20, 2009. More

When Geert Wilders released the film FITNA it terrified the government of the Netherlands, More

The three biggest changes in United States history since WWII, all three promising to have major impact on the future of the Republic, recently occurred within a period of a few weeks. More

Great Presidents are defined by their times. More

Hey, a guy can dream, can't he? More

Reduce energy imports, atmospheric emissions, and unemployment. The only obstacle is political willpower. More

The vaunted fourth estate of American democracy has transformed itself into a bunch of breathless and biologically-pressured thirtyish career women hoping to be noticed by the hot guy. More

We already live in a world of constant change, and we assume too easily that change is good. More

Underground, a Memoir by L.D. AndersonAgainst a background of raging contentiousness -- with liberals hating conservatives, Muslims hating Jews, and an otherwise endless list of ideologically incompatible segments of society in seemingly constant conflict -- it is refreshing to read a book in which... More

I always prefer to debate atheists, such as Camille Paglia, on the abortion issue.  The arguments are simple, direct and uncomplicated by walls of denial. More

Suppose that during Bill Clinton's two terms as president Ken Starr, Rush Limbaugh, Anne Coulter, Newt Gingrich and five other prominent Clinton critics had all been shot and killed More

George Orwell's concept of doublethink explains the new President's conceptual framework. More

There is a war going on in America, and January 22 is its unholy anniversary. More

What will happen now that Israel has ended its operation in Gaza? More

When I drove home at the end of Inauguration Day, my very liberal Marin County neighborhood was awash in American flags. More

The Republican Party has a long history of exploiting conservatives' efforts and misusing conservatives' financial contributions. More

The new year has already witnessed an unseemly rush on the part of some Republicans to cozy up to President Barack Obama. More

Why is it that Democrat Presidents Clinton and Obama compulsively compare themselves to more successful men who have held the Presidency before? More

Even before his first 100 Days in office began, President-Elect Barack Obama embraced the left-wing Israel Policy Forum's proposed "First 100 Days" roadmap for Middle East peace.  More

There is little doubt that if Bernie Madoff had dropped dead in late November he would have been eulogized as a great man. More

Bizzaro World happens to be the only place in the universe (real or imagined) where Barack Obama is the next Abraham Lincoln. More

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proved that he is not formed from the same mold as Prime Ministers David Ben Gurion, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzchak Rabin, or Menachem Begin. More

Expectations for President Obama's speech are enormous, so what should we expect? More

The spirit preceding the events sounds more like a worship service than a matter of national business. More

The incidents of pre-Inauguration 2009 illustrate what many already suspect: Barack Obama will be America's first post-Christian president. More

It can be stated without fear of serious argument that no previous president has been treated as brutally, viciously, and unfairly as George W. Bush. More

George Bush's legacy will be the end of Ronald Reagan's impact and the beginning of Barack Obama's. More

Hyphenism says, "Look in the mirror. If you look black, you know who you're must vote for."  More

The history lesson that students should never forget is, sadly, the same one that students never hear. More

There was a time in our history when a person needed a sterling reputation in order to get a presidential appointment to a cabinet position. More

More so than any president since Harry Truman, judgment will not be possible for decades, likely not in Bush's lifetime. More

I already miss you, G. W.  For seven years now, since the shock of 9/11, I've taken great comfort in knowing you were at the helm More

Will Mr. Obama will be able to rise to the level that circumstances demand and transcend the pervasive cynicism of a populace longing for an end to partisan bickering? More

Bush haters will see January 20, 2009 as the defining moment in their lives in which a hideous and confounding bitterness, lodged deep within, was finally laid to rest More

An honest study of President Bush shows him to have, in many respects, led the nation in a brilliant manner.  More

Combine the Blue Man Group and progressive education theory and you may end up with the blues. More

Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, will deliver a prayer at the National Cathedral during the National Prayer Service on January 21st. More

Béar Croi Boru. That's his official AKC name. It's Gaelic. It means "Boru with the heart of a bear." It fits him perfectly. More

Is Ann Coulter being mean-spirited to single mothers? Time for a reality check. More

The Bible's Book of Job offers important insights for conservatives. More

The rush to do something about the economy can lead us to actions that make matters much worse. More

Hating Jews is as old and entrenched as, well, as old as the Bible. More

The two most powerful men in our tax system are either corrupt, incompetent, or both. More

There are some things you need to know about President Wilson's AmeriKKKa More

The escalating conflict between Hamas and Israel has served to highlight the disturbing prevalence of anti-Semitism throughout the world. More

Once the parent of true greatness, the United States Senate today shames its great figures of the past. More

Believing their own propaganda, the faltering media often do not even know they are deceptive. More

We might have found PBS a replacement for Moyers when he retires. More

Do you know what your local schools are planning to do celebrating the ascension of The One? More

Postmodern parents meet the trendiness of vegetarianism at the dining table. Is this a recipe for happiness? More

It is in everyone's interest -- including the Arabs -- to let Israel finish the job in Gaza. More

The 2010 midterm elections lie in wait for Barack Obama, who has to be conscious of the manner in which Bill Clinton lost Congress to the GOP after two years in the Oval Office. More

What Castro and his lobbyists don't want you to know about the so-called Cuban embargo. More

My own experience with the union suggests to me why so many jobs have been destroyed in companies employing UAW members. More

Tough luck if you are a victim of killer governments that aren't Israel. More

The government has once again made the Three Stooges look like the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Team. More

 There are striking similarities between the current dilemma facing Israel and the one confronting  the United States in Baghdad in March, 2008. More

The confirmation hearings for President-Elect Obama's choices for environmental leadership posts present a critical opportunity for the GOP and America to re-examine global warming doctrine. More

The Democrats should be living life on their heels. Time for the GOP to focus on the Democrats' culture of corruption. More

The mainstream news media continued its decline in 2008, both in credibility and profitability. Here is one reason why. More

If the President hasn't already pardoned Lewis (Scooter) Libby, I beg him to reconsider and do so, for Libby is an innocent man. More

The IDF (Israel's Defense Force) in Gaza is waiting on political approval to advance to the third stage of Israel's military battle against Hamas. More

Three kinds of political fundraising money laundering help keep congressional bulls in power. More

A litmus test of where one stands on issues relating to war, to executive power, and to the role of the United States in a dangerous and unpredictable world, is back More

We needed a breather after 9 days of sirens and Grads in Be'er Sheva, during which my kids never went out. More

The key to the Hamas War is not the terrorists. They are stuck in their ways. The real key is the international media. More

If one were to script a Global Warming scam one would have to be a knot-head or brain-dead to pick Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as the lead factor.  More

UN chief paid homage to Arafat (but not his victims), demanded removal of Israel's security barrier (but not South Korea's) More

The latest leftist slogan contains less than meets the eye. More

Many people, like me, grew up believing that when Columbus sailed to America in 1492, Christians at the time thought that he would fall off the edge of the world. More

It's time to hold Michael Moore to an awkward promise he made. More

Western media are well behind the curve in reporting on the epidemic of race violence in Russia, while Western political leaders are woefully deficient in responding to it. More

Ever wonder what it might be like if the government ran the porn industry? We may soon find out. More

Seek and ye shall find politically incorrect movie characters. From working-class heroes to men in spider costumes, they do exist. Really. More

In Australia, the Aussies have made their epic anti-Western, where the bad guys are the cowboys, and the good are the Indians. More

There's more at work than just a desire to elect another Democrat to the Senate. More

Despite the usual Islamically-correct gloss of denial in reportage, an ugly, uni-directional pattern of bigoted violence is once again clearly on display in Western Europe. More

The engineering technique of defect analysis yields surpising insight on liberalism's approach to social problems. More

Israel's current action in Gaza is the direct result of past failures. More

Children raised in a civilized society are taught to love life and fear death while terrorists and suicide bombers are taught from a young age to live just long enough to create as much death and destruction as possible More

War conducted by Israel, apparently, must now mean zero civilian casualties, while rocket attacks on Israeli civilians are of no concern to the "international community." More

Ties between Hamas and Iran have been tightening in recent years. Evidence mounts that Hamas operates as a proxy under the mullahs' wing, like Israel's northern antagonist Hezb'allah. More

Tuesday marked the deadliest day since Israel commenced its Cast Lead Operation eleven days prior.  After terrorists threw mortar shells at Israeli troops from a UN-run elementary school in Gaza, Israeli soldiers fired back.  Booby-trapped bombs planted by Hamas exploded, killing 30 to 40... More

How moderates can sometimes be the extremists. More

The Obama diplomatic team needs to take account of some harsh realities in dealing with Neo-Soviet Russia. More

The "lead architect" of the Obama Administration's health care plan has some peculiar ideas about the nature of health care problems in America. More

Recent protests against Israel's long overdue response to six months of its cities' continual barraging by Hamas missiles have displayed a far more dangerous anti-Semitic tone than did precursors. More

With the approach of the presidential inauguration, America's most notorious atheist, Michael Newdow, is back in the headlines. More

How can you expect law enforcement officers to do their jobs if they risk prison time on the word of criminals they are paid to protect us from? More

Among the most generous of Obama's supporters was an entity that has figured prominently in the Illinois culture of corruption -- the Service Employees International Union. More

Clever and unscrupulous use of internet sites has given the left an advantage. Time for conservatives to wise up and turn the tables. More

What kind of sucker do you have to be to fall for the lovable pretensions of a really high-class hustler? More

Memo to Barack Obama. And his voters.  This is what Joe the Plumber was talking about. More

Seventy-five years ago this month, one of the most insidious laws in human history came into effect in Nazi Germany.  The innocent sounding name was The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring. More

The "Angel at the Fence" story has been proven to be a hoax, and that's a good thing. More

The Middle East Studies Association has been a bastion of groupthink for scholar-activists peddling a politicized agenda. Hopeful signs of change are appearing. More

The MSM stories on the Cuban Revolution anniversary all mention a dictator -- but his name is Batista. The Castro brothers invariably appear as Presidents. More

It is no exaggeration to conclude that the political landscape of the United States is one of chaos borne of ignorance and outright disdain for our nation's founding principles and values. More

Hamas' covenant is not about achieving a Palestinian state along side Israel, but about replacing Israel with a Palestinian state and pushing the Jews into the sea. More

Recent demonstrations over Gaza show that if you scratch the surface of an Israel-hater long enough, you will eventually find a Jew-hater lurking below. More

Opposite-sex parent relationships play a vital role in shaping healthy humans. More

The least understood idea presented in Mitt Romney's 2007 speech on religion was his statement, "Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom." More

Renewal in the face of defeat is an ancient problem. More

More twists and turns in the comic opera that is Illinois poltics. More

Israeli leaders and policymaking elites for generations have ignored how the living institution of jihad war is the primary motivation for those masses in the Arab and non-Arab Muslim world seeking the Jewish State's destruction. More

Is there nothing to be said for deterrence or self-defense, if not retribution? More

Laura Bush has single-handedly restored the term, "lady," to the American vocabulary. And she has done it with such rare aplomb that nary a soul seems to have even noticed -- precisely the way I'm convinced she planned it. More

"Cuban mothers let me assure you that I will solve all Cuba's problems without spilling a drop of blood." Upon entering Havana on January 7, 1959, Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro broadcast that promise. More

Fifty years ago, the forces of Fidel entered Havana and Batista left. Fifty years ago, freedom left Havana and it has never come back. More