WASHINGTON -- For the first time since Election Day, President Obama is on the defensive.
Call Obama's Sequester Bluff
Immigration: Getting it Right
WASHINGTON -- Immigration reform is coming. Let's get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan.
Obama Unbound
WASHINGTON -- The media herd is stunned to discover that Barack Obama is a man of the left. After 699 teleprompted presidential speeches, the commentariat was apparently still oblivious. Until Monday's inaugural address, that is.
The Meaning of Hagel
"This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."
The Choice
"Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not." That was Barack Obama in 2008.
Romney by Two Touchdowns
WASHINGTON -- It was the biggest rout since Agincourt. If you insist, since the Carter-Reagan debate.
Go Large, Mitt
WASHINGTON -- In mid-September 2008, Lehman Brothers collapsed and the bottom fell out of the financial system.
The 'Deterrence Works' Fantasy
WASHINGTON -- There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that "deterrence works." It is like saying air power works. Well, it worked for Kosovo; it didn't work over North Vietnam.
Did the State Make You Great?
"If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
The Imperial Presidency Revisited
WASHINGTON -- Though overshadowed by the shocking Supreme Court decision on health care, the court's Arizona immigration decision, issued three days earlier, remains far more significant than appreciated.