Medical Reform: We had to pass it to find what was in it, we were told. As the lies and consequences of health care reform become known, the Congressional Budget Office reveals its true cost — another lie all unto itself. ObamaCare was sold in part as

Energy: President Obama says Newt Gingrich "isn't telling the truth" when he claims he could cut the price of gas to $2.50 a gallon if elected. Well, the price of gas when Obama took office was $1.83 a gallon. Was that a lie? 'There's no silver bullet" f

Regulation: Over the first three years of each administration, Obama's White House created four times as many rules as the Bush administration. This is the regulatory regime that was supposed to bring growth and job creation. A White House website video

States: "You can check out any time you like," the Eagles said of California, "but you can never leave." Somebody forgot to tell businesses. They keep leaving the Golden State in growing numbers. In 2011, more businesses (254) quit California than the ye

Voting Rights: The most politicized attorney general in American history takes on Texas' Voter ID law as discriminatory and intimidating to minorities, and tries to make American elections safe for vote fraud. The Justice Department's civil rights divisi

Industrial Policy: A leading consumer product testing firm takes one of the administration's dream green cars for a spin and had to call a gasoline-powered flatbed truck to tow the lemon away. At least it can go from zero to $529 million in stimulus doll

Leadership: A U.S. soldier went berserk and killed 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday. The political class is brimming with apologies, and the punditocracy is wringing its hands. Some perspective and backbone are in order here. Make no mistake, a staff sergea

Bias: It's no shock the filmmaker behind Al Gore's deceitful "Inconvenient Truth" finds Barack Obama faultless. But even Obama apologists are embarrassed by Davis Guggenheim's documentary on the president. CNN is usually friendly ground for Obama propaga

Election 2012: Ever deeper into the primary season the Republicans go without having yet chosen a nominee. They will eventually settle on one, but in the meantime the GOP candidates need to keep the focus on the economy. To paraphrase a slogan that helpe

Employment: The media and economics pundits were almost giddy over the not-so-surprising news that the economy added 227,000 payroll jobs in February. Is this the best we can do? We hope not. Sure, three months of 200,000-plus job creation is a great thi