Mona Charen

Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

If you Google "George W. Bush shredding the constitution," you will get many millions of hits. The New York Times railed, "Ever since 9/11, we have watched Republican lawmakers help Mr. Bush shred the Constitution in the name of fighting terrorism." President Bush attempted to listen in on the...

Shikha Dalmia

Updated: 12 hr ago

President Obama is dealing with revelations about the Justice Department's spying on journalists and other scandals by changing the subject. In a major national security address Thursday, he announced the phaseout of the Guantanamo prison facility and the CIA's oversight of the drone program....

Ron Arnold

Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

Good news is no news, so the cynics say, especially with news cycles hammering President Obama's scandal headaches from migraines into political skull fractures. But this week something came out of the federal bureaucracy so filled with human decency that it deserves some kind of a headline --...

David Freddoso

Updated: 13 hr ago

White House press secretary Jay Carney could only explain his problems on Wednesday by telling reporters, "[T]here are a lot of you, and you're good at your jobs and you're smart." As easy as it might be for Carney to lob such insincere praise at former journalistic colleagues, such posterior...

Philip Klein

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

It's an open question whether President Obama's approval rating will remain unaffected by the scandals currently engulfing his administration. But no matter how Obama himself makes out, the scandals are setbacks for the central goal of his presidency -- to restore Americans' faith in the ability...

Sean Higgins

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. It will likely okay all five, who will then go into the legislative limbo that is the full Senate. There are plenty of...

Gregory Kane

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Race-baiting Julian Bond is at it again. This time Bond is defending the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of Tea Party groups. They're racist, you see, and hence deserving of the IRS' wrath and scrutiny. Bond defended his position — and race baiting — in an op-ed piece he wrote for...

John Stossel

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

My kids moved out! I have two empty rooms in my apartment. Maybe I can rent them? A tourist visiting New York City could have a different experience, and save hotel money. I'd make money. Wouldn't it be great? No, says the government of my state.

Meghan Cox Gurdon

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Breakfast in bed may be a great luxury, but when you are a parent and it is your birthday (or Mother's or Father's day), it is an indulgence that requires you to have your wits about you so that everyone has a good time — particularly the young people who are giving you the early morning treat.

Cal Thomas

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

President Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus on the inspirational part.