The Justice Department has concluded that the Obama administration lawfully can pay the community group ACORN for services provided under contracts signed before Congress banned the government from providing money to the group. ...more

November 28, 2009

By any normal political standards, last week's congressional agreement on an economic stimulus package was a great victory for President Barack Obama. He got more or less what he asked for: almost $800 billion to rescue the economy, with most of the money allocated to spending rather than tax cuts. Break out the champagne! ...more

February 15, 2009

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a level not seen since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ...more

November 13, 2008

I am frankly mystified at the endless palaver concerning the surge, which, according to my recollections, was an infusion of some 25,000 additional troops into Iraq last year. Such a decision was not a change in tactics or certainly not a new strategy, yet it is currently a subject of political debate as if such a decision was a stroke of military genius as to warrant a complete rewrite of the curriculum at West Point. ...more

July 28, 2008

Here's a chipper question for my fellow conservatives: Would it be more depressing to learn that our next president will be a Democrat or a Republican? ...more

February 10, 2008

The Kentucky inmates challenging the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol believe it is unconstitutional because there is a possibility that if administered improperly, it could cause excruciating pain. Thus the men claim the procedure is a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. ...more

January 9, 2008

A law that bars political candidates from deliberately lying about their opponents is unconstitutional, a sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007