Byron York - No guts, no glory: GOP should heed lesson of '91
For Republicans, victory is possible for a candidate with daring, confidence, and skill. Yet some of the most qualified potential GOP candidates appear to be hanging back, reluctant to take on the White House. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is surely one of the more capable potential presidents out there, but he has gone back and forth on the question of running and at the moment seems to be leaning against it. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has flatly declared himself unready for the job. Other Republicans with proven appeal, like former Arkansas governor and '08 candidate Mike Huckabee, are biding their time.
Sara Carter - Gates gathers gloomy intel in Afghanistan as troop drawdown nears
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' surprise visit to Afghanistan Monday likely left him with a sobering assessment of just how far U.S. and NATO forces have to go before a scheduled drawdown of U.S. forces begins in July, according to Americans in that country. Many U.S. troops and Afghan officials are concerned that war efforts are lagging and that the Obama administration, desperate to begin ridding itself of an unpopular war, is not listening.
Hayley Peterson - Obama wary of no-fly zone over Libya
President Obama is so far resisting the growing chorus of international calls to create a no-fly zone over Libya as the death toll there rises and President Moammar Gadhafi shows no sign of weakening.
Susan Ferrechio - Ensign, tarnished by affair, won't run again in 2012
The shuffle to replace Ensign could also open the door to a congressional run by the Silver State's top Tea Party favorite, Sharron Angle, who state political observers believe could replace Heller in the House.
Emily Babay - Child pornography cases rise dramatically in D.C. area, U.S.
When Kevin Ricks admitted last week that he took sexually explicit photographs and videos of boys in his care for more than three decades, U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride called the former Manassas teacher a "dangerous and serial predator who assaulted scores of young men." The Ricks case is just one of dozens of child pornography cases in local courts. The number of such cases in the D.C. region has risen dramatically in the past decade.
Timothy P. Carney - 'No-fly' zone over Libya: Also known as 'war'
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) have both encouraged the Obama administration to consider a n0-fly zone over Libya. It seems to me that it's important to point out that this really means "war." Read More
Barbara Hollingsworth - NEA can't teach kids to read, but it will teach them orgasms
A representative of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers union, recently told attendees at a United Nations conference on the status of women that “oral sex, masturbation, and orgasms need to be taught in education” worldwide. Read More
David Freddoso - Paul Krugman is just plain wrong
Do you want to give greater economic opportunities to more Americans? Then education is not the way to do it, Paul Krugman writes in today's New York Times. It's one of the more incredible and demonstrably untrue assertions he has made so far this year, and that's saying something. Read More
David Freddoso - Sierra Club president wants Washington to listen to corporate-welfare queens more
You could tell by the name of the conference what was going on. Eco:nomics. Sure enough (at least according to Sierra Club honcho Carl Pope) this Wall Street Journal-organized conference was a parade of CEOs calling for more taxes, regulation, mandates, and handouts that would pad their bottom lines -- but, oh, of course, it's all in the name of saving the planet. Pope writes at Huffington Post: Read More
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