Barack Obama's vibe used to be a cross between JFK and Beatlemania. Now it's fading into "Oh, him again?" ...more

December 16, 2009

Conservatives champion the essential characteristics of America: liberty, enterprise and ingenuity. As world leaders consider how to transform the way we make and use energy in the face of a changing climate, it's time for an energy policy true to that spirit - and it shouldn't be anathema to the American right. ...more

December 12, 2009

George Grimes went to flight school with President George H.W. Bush. ...more

December 6, 2009

Otto von Bismarck at one point called the prospect of Germany waging preventive war against other European powers "committing suicide out of fear of death." Little did the Iron Chancellor know that he was forecasting 21st-century Democratic political strategy. Democrats so fear the consequences of failing to pass ObamaCare that they've convinced themselves that embracing $370 billion worth of tax increases and more than $400 billion worth of Medicare cuts is good for them. This will long make for a compelling case study in the Annals of Abnormal Political Psychology. ...more

November 28, 2009

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation circulating about the cap-and-trade mechanism in the energy and climate legislation being debated before the Congress. ...more

October 21, 2009

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" died Saturday. ...more

May 3, 2009

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. ...more

May 3, 2009

A. J. D'Amario of Hudson would rather see the government keep its hands off the private sector. ...more

April 15, 2009

Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. ...more

March 8, 2009

A concerned George H.W. Bush saluted Houston surgeons and thanked his fellow presidents for their calls Thursday after former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. ...more

March 5, 2009