Future: Mitt Romney said Monday that he fails to "see how a young American can vote" for a Democrat. He may have something there. Coming generations will be doomed by the progressive policies of today. Outside of their desire to intern capitalism and rep

Scandal: A prime suspect in the smuggling of weapons to Mexico was captured and released on a promise of cooperation and with the instruction not to engage in criminal acts unless instructed by the U.S. government. If the purpose of Fast and Furious, the

Federal Spending: Thanks to Rep. Paul Ryan, voters have a clear picture of what the two political parties stand for today. Republicans are the party of fiscal restraint; Democrats are the party of fiscal ruin. When President Obama put out his first budge

Tax Reform: Faced with the economic failures of a Democratic president, Rep. Paul Ryan is, like Ronald Reagan, "raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors." Ryan's Rx for America: a jobs-generating tax code. The Republicans running for presiden

Mideast: As Iran races toward a nuclear bomb and Afghanistan unravels, a distracted U.S. seems ready to make a big mistake in Egypt. It's reinstating aid to a new government that despises us and the rest of the West. President Obama appears poised this w

Regulatory Tyranny: Washington has extended the deadline by 60 days for hotels to install lifts for the disabled in their pools. But nothing changes in two months. The government will still be invading private matters. The regulation was to take effect l

Energy: The economist at the newspaper of record defends the president's energy policy of Solyndra, Chevy Volts and algae while dismissing the oil boom on private lands as a small-town hiccup with no impact on price. New York Times columnist and Keynesia

Nuclear Terror: The existential dangers to Israel posed by a nuclear Iran are commonly understood. Less appreciated is Tehran's threat to the Saudi's rule of the land of Mecca and to other nonjihadist Islamic nations. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadineja

The Obama Record: The president's shredding of the Constitution began at the Preamble's provision for the common defense. He gave away our missile defense to appease Moscow and betray our allies. Derided as Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative ann

States: A tax-hike deal that California's governor has made with teachers is more cave-in than compromise. Voters need to understand who's calling the shots in Sacramento. Jerry Brown has come a long way since 1992, when he ran on a flat-tax platform in