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Winning the Defense Spending Debate Fri Nov 16

Ken Blackwell

With no time to recover from a thorough election day whooping, Republicans in a lame duck Congress are facing an even worse budgetary nightmare than last year. ... more
Beware of the Lame-Duck Session Tue Nov 6

Phyllis Schlafly

The current Congress hasn't finished its mischief. It still has the opportunity to do bad things in the upcoming lame-duck session, a period when members of Congress who are already defeated will have the opportunity to vote without concern for voter approval. ... more
Barack Obama (D-Lame Duck) Mon Nov 5

Dan Holler

Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election, Barack Obama will immediately become a lame duck. That is not to say he will be powerless, but he will never again have to face the wrath of American voters. ... more
Obama: Why Yes, I Am Happy to Drive Us Off the Fiscal Cliff Thu Oct 18

Katie Pavlich
Thought into Action: Rep. Tim Scott to Host Entrepreneurship Conference Mon May 14

Kate Hicks
Lawmakers already talking of punting big issues to 2013 Fri Apr 27

Townhall.com Staff
Transparency: GOP Introduces 'Midnight Regulations' Ban in Congress Wed Apr 25

Kate Hicks
Analysis: Russia's Medvedev embarks on risky career path Fri Oct 14

Reuters News
Putin's Reset Tue Sep 27

Frank Gaffney

To the uninitiated, Vladimir Putin has seemingly just undertaken what President Obama might call a "reset" of the Russian political landscape. ... more
Russia's Putin rebuilds economic team, seeks unity Tue Sep 27

Reuters News
White Sox agree to let Guillen out of contract Tue Sep 27

AP News
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Wed Sep 21

Rich Galen

The Popular Press is swooning over what they consider to be the new-found potency in President Barack Obama's demands that the Congress pass his Jobs Bill. ... more
Good News From Iowa Mon Aug 15

Frank Gaffney

Straw polls are notoriously overrated. This observation applies especially to the over-hyped one held most recently in Ames, Iowa over the weekend. ... more
A Surprising President Mon Jul 18

Rich Galen

Barack Obama may be the most surprising President in the history of the Republic. In his two-and-a-half years in office, no matter what has happened, it seems to have come as a surprise to him. ... more
Gates' Choice: His Damage to the All-Volunteer Force Tue Jun 14

Frank Gaffney

If Robert Gates is as serious as he seems to be regarding the future of the U.S. military, he has one last opportunity to prove it. ... more
Obama's Hypocritical Rhetoric on Immigration Reform Mon May 16

Michael Barone

Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso on May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy. Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about "politicians" blocking comprehensive immigration bills, he was one of them himself. ... more
The Interior Department's Culture of Contempt Fri Feb 4

Michelle Malkin

Oops, they did it again. President Obama's grabby-handed environmental bureaucrats have earned yet another spanking from the federal judiciary over their "determined disregard" of the rule of law. ... more
GOP Should Agree on Civility But Strike Back on Substance Wed Jan 26

Michael Medved

Positioning yourself as the party of nastiness and polarization may play well with small elements of your base, but can hardly qualify as a winning political strategy. ... more
Forgetting about the 'Saviors of our Country' Mon Jan 24

Frank Gaffney

In 1892, Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem about the paradigmatic British soldier, Tommy Atkins, and his paradigmatic treatment at the hands of an indolent democratic society that takes him for granted - until he is needed. ... more
Tigers manager Jim Leyland says he's no lame duck Thu Jan 20

AP News
States of Insolvency Thu Jan 20

Howard Rich

Paced by California and Illinois, state governments across the country continue to mimic the unsustainable fiscal excesses of the federal government. ... more
Anti-Repeal Movement Ignores Fiscal Realities Thu Jan 13

Howard Rich

Lost amid the partisan posturing over the proposed repeal of Obamacare is a stark, unavoidable fiscal reality. ... more
The sky will fall if the ceiling won't rise? Sun Jan 9

Paul Jacob

The federal government's debt spirals out of control, the new House looks askance at sending it ever higher ... and Chicken Little is the consulting economist. ... more
2011: A Fiscal Reckoning That Cannot Be Avoided Thu Jan 6

Howard Rich

While the extension of Bush-era tax cuts dominated headlines during the recently-concluded lame duck session of Congress, the coming year will bring with it a renewed focus on public debt – whether policymakers like it or not. ... more
Personal Well-being Overshadows Income Inequality Mon Jan 3

Michael Barone

Consider one conundrum in American politics. Income inequality has been increasing, according to standard statistics. Yet most Americans do not seem very perturbed by it. ... more