RNC Ad on the Bain Follies: Obama's Worst Week, Evah?

Bill O'Reilly: Are Teenagers Really Americans?

As a former high school teacher, I know one of the great challenges in education is to get teenagers interested in their country. Many of them take their freedom for granted and have no interest in even learning about what it takes to be a good citizen. They are too busy keeping up with the Kardashians to absorb John Adams.

John Ransom: As Predicted Democrats Abandoning Obama

According to the official tally released today by the RNC, the number of Democrats slapping down Obama isn’t quite yet a score. It’s only 14. That will do for now. It’s early.

John C. Goodman: Are We Going Over a Cliff?

Did you know the economy is going to fall back into another recession in the first half of next year? That’s the sad news coming from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in a report released this week.

Kathryn Lopez: Freedom? Yeah, Right!

Confronted with a 'train wreck,' the new archbishop of Baltimore implores us to 'pray diligently as communities, as families and as individuals.'

Donald Lambro: Are Democrats Deserting Obama?

WASHINGTON - President Obama isn't doing so good in some of his party primaries where a surprisingly large number of Democrats are giving him the thumbs down.

Rich Galen: Obama & Romney Tout Good News

In another sign that all is not well in Obama-land, the campaign sent its manager, Jim Messina, up to Capitol Hill to reassure Senate Democrats "who," according to Politico.com "have grown increasingly nervous about the race."

Daniel J. Mitchell: New Study from U.K. Think Tank Shows How Big Government Undermines Prosperity

The evidence is very persuasive that big government is associated with weaker economic performance.

Michael Brown: Malik Zulu Shabbaz, David Duke, And Me

I never expected to be on the same list with the leader of the New Black Panthers (Malik Zulu Shabbaz), a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (David Duke), a Jew-bashing White Supremacist (Don Black), and a Neo-Nazi (Morris Gullet), but thanks to the investigative genius of the Southern Poverty Law Center (the SPLC), I have made it into the big time.

Political Calculations: Spain: A Very Different Fiscal Crisis

We find that Spain's financial crisis came about because it also increased its spending to keep pace with its bubble economy, which simply could not be sustained.

Charles Payne: Tougher Bodies and Minds

The essential question around the world is how tough people are and how much they are willing to sacrifice and invest in blood, sweat, and tears.

David Sterman: If Obamacare Isn't Killed, These Companies Should Win Big

Right now, the outcome is likely a toss-up. Plaintiffs scored some solid points in front of the Supreme Court justices a few months ago.

Paul Driessen: America’s Real Climate and Environmental Crisis

EPA rules impair our energy, economy, jobs, health, welfare, justice and civil rights progress.

Doug French: A Life-Changing Week

I decided to take EC 742 with Rothbard anyway and my life was changed forever. My eyes were opened. The lightbulb was turned on. I was struck by Rothbard's Austrian lightning.

Chris Poindexter: Gold Gets Its Shine Back

So we end the week with Greece still in limbo, a slowdown in Asia that includes China and India, the top two gold buying nations in the world and the world’s governments still struggling with a mountain of debt.

Night Watch: Islamist Expected to Win Egypt Elections

Mohamed el Baradei, politician and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the press that this week's elections are "the first ever in the Arab world I can recall," in which the outcome is not pre-determined.

Jeff Carter: Stock Splits; Winners or Losers?

If you take money out of your left pocket and put it in your right pocket, you’re no richer.

Steve Deace: @#$! Republicrats Say

There are three primary languages used in contemporary American politics. The first – and sadly least spoken – is plain English, which is the language spoken by those of us that actually believe the original wording of the Constitution means exactly what it says.

Mike Shedlock: Euro Exit to Cost Over $1 Trillion

Dallara's statements regarding ECB exposure to Greek liabilities rings true, so let's assume the trillion+ euro figure is correct.

Michelle Malkin: Obama's Land of the LOST

What's green and blue and grabby all over? President Obama's new pressure campaign for Congress to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).