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

Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the other side of a stimulus project. ...more

June 18, 2009

When it comes to earmarks, one man's pig stink is another man's bacon. No kidding. ...more

March 8, 2009

Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, ...more

February 2, 2009

Forget all those inaugural concerts. The most pressing musical issue in the nation's capital is whether a stone-face senator from Oklahoma will hit the high notes in "Rocket Man" to pay off a college football bet. Senator Settles BCS Bet By Singing "Rocket Man" ...more

January 14, 2009

A rough chronology of John McCain's and Barack Obama's negotiations concerning the bailout bill and the debate: ...more

September 28, 2008

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special-needs children if Republicans win the White House, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem." ...more

September 16, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has appealed to Senate Democratic leaders to confirm President Bush's long-pending nominations to fill two empty chairs as Fed governors, enabling a fully staffed central bank to handle the current financial crisis. He did not receive a favorable response from Sen. Christopher Dodd, Senate Banking Committee chairman. ...more

June 30, 2008

Compassionate conservatism began with some questions: Is it possible to apply conservative and free-market ideas - school vouchers, the promotion of community and faith-based institutions, the encouragement of wealth-building and social mobility - to the task of helping marginalized Americans? In the wake of liberal failures, do conservatives offer any hope to addicts and the homeless, to disadvantaged children in need of mentors and adequate education, to citizens living among the broken glass of durable poverty? ...more

June 7, 2008

A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party's whip organization showed a two-to-one margin opposed to imposing a moratorium on earmarks. ...more

May 5, 2008