Political Commentary
- Byron York: Why did Santorum lose in 2006?
- Byron York
- "Rick Santorum was a sitting senator who, in re-election, lost by 19 points," Donald Trump, a Mitt Romney supporter, said recently. "Then he goes out and says, 'Oh, OK, I just lost by the biggest margin in history, now I'm going to run for president.... Full story
- Thomas D. Elias: Foreclosure deal good for housing
- The first step toward a California housing recovery has now been taken, in the form of the mid-February legal settlement between 49 states and the five large banks that were the leading culprits in the years of mortgage fraud that created a price bub... Full story
- David Ignatius: Questions Pakistan needs to answer
- David Ignatius
- With Pakistan's civilian government and judiciary showing renewed signs of life, it's time for them to ask the question the country has been avoiding for nine months: How did Osama bin Laden, the world's leading terrorist, hide out in a military garr... Full story
- Thomas Elias: Why should immigration status affect a transplant?
- Let's make one thing clear: Even if Jesus Navarro doesn't get the kidney transplant he was about to receive when doctors at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center discovered his undocumented immigration status last month, his death... Full story
- Thomas Sowell: Obama follows costly ‘Progressive’ legacy
- Although Barack Obama is the first black president of the United States, he is by no means unique, except for his complexion. He follows in the footsteps of other presidents with a similar vision, the vision at the heart of the Progressive movement t... Full story
- Amy Goodman: The Afghan war’s nine lives
- Eight youths, tending their flock of sheep in the snowy fields of Afghanistan, were exterminated earlier this month by a NATO airstrike. They were in the Najrab district of Kapisa province in eastern Afghanistan. Most were reportedly between the ages... Full story
- Ann Coulter: Communism by insurance mandate
- One theory for why Barack Obama pushed the contraception mandate right now is that it helps Rick Santorum. Others theorize it's because Obama is an anti-religious bigot with a left-wing agenda. Reasonable minds can disagree on this.
But it may end u... Full story
- Obama the Almighty conjures up the female vote
- By Susan Stamper Brown
- Sometimes, the very thing that could serve to become our demise becomes our pathway to victory when we choose to face it head-on and humble ourselves long enough to ask for a little help from the Almighty. Moses had his Red Sea, George Washington his... Full story
- Robert Scheer: Apple’s China comes home to haunt us
- Four decades ago, Richard Nixon, a once famously hawkish Republican president, cut a deal with the Communist overlords of China to reshape the world. The result was a transformation of the global economy in ways that we are only now, with the sharp c... Full story
- Connie Schultz: Whitney Houston, worth our time
- You didn't have to like Whitney Houston's music to fall under the spell of her voice.
Lord, how that woman could sing.
Even people who never would buy one of her records — people like my dad, for example, who practically worshipped Dean Marti... Full story
