Climate: Nearly 200 countries sent representatives to the climate change talks in Durban, South Africa. But it was merely posturing. Few were willing to sign on to an agreement that will wreck their economies. Talks were wrapping up Friday with no deal i

Jobs: The president says that extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut will create more jobs than an oil pipeline from Canada. There are at least 20,000 members of the 99% who would disagree. You can see why the economy is in trouble. Vice

Europe: The first exercise of an EU veto vindicates Margaret Thatcher's prophetic warning: Europe must not "suppress nationhood and concentrate power at the center of a European conglomerate." Britain's Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron earned mu

Industrial Policy: Just like the cars themselves, it looks like President Obama's vision of an electric car future won't get very far. In fact, the failure of his $5 billion bet is so glaring, even the mainstream press is noticing. In a lengthy report on

Liberty: Russians have unexpectedly taken to the streets to obstruct Vladimir Putin's heavy-handed return to the presidency. Will the promise of the Soviet Union's demise be fulfilled two decades later? Opponents of ex-KGB thug Vladimir Putin got a boost

Scandal: Newly obtained documents show that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives discussed using its covert operation Fast and Furious to argue for new rules about gun sales. We told you so. As we observed in June, the way Fast and Fur

Jurisprudence: The 9th Circuit has a richly deserved reputation for being the most overturned appeals court in the country. But recently it made a sensible ruling, one that could save some lives. Under the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, it's ille

Election '12: One thing is certainly true about President Obama — no matter how many times people point out the falsehoods in his speeches, he just keeps making them. Case in point: his latest "economic fairness" address. In that speech Tuesday, Obama

Child Abuse: Recent charges and past history point to a pedophilia problem in the film industry, yet we rarely hear about it. Why is that, and why doesn't the congressman who represents Hollywood look into it? It's remarkable how little attention the pre

Scandal: The House committee probing government gun-running now sets it sights on possible money-laundering involving drug cartel funds run in the name of drug enforcement. Why should we believe DOJ this time? It's an old adage that when investigating cr