Euro Crisis: That giant sucking sound is the globalization of debt, and America's slowly being pulled into the abyss. If we don't want to become the next Italy, we must first get our own house in order. The German press is reporting that the Federal Rese

Campaign '12: Two leading presidential candidates wrap themselves in the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. TR was in some ways a decent leader, but the example of America's first progressive president isn't one to follow today. In recent days, both GOP hopef

Election '12: President Obama this week started testing his new campaign theme, replacing "hope and change" with the equally vacant promise of "fairness." Apparently he hopes Americans can be fooled twice. In a talk Tuesday at the site of Teddy Roosevelt

Politics: One former speaker of the House warns another that she will unleash privileged information if the architect of the ’94 GOP tsunami gets his party’s nomination. Culture of corruption, Nancy? Look in the mirror. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, w

Iran: Want to thwart the Islamic Revolution and its nuclear ambitions? Cut off its exports of crude. Prices may spike, but with the right moves from the U.S., maybe not for long. The big problem with petro-states is that the world needs what they sell. A

Foreign Policy: The universally celebrated "Arab Spring" is harvesting a bumper crop of Islamist regimes so radical we'll soon miss Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and even Libya's Moammar Gadhafi. Like Tunisia, Egypt just voted in the previously outlawed Islamist

Democracy: Russia's voters stunned the Kremlin on Sunday, booting a large part of the parliamentary majority of Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party. Is the famous patience of Russia's people finally running out? For years, the biggest riddle wrap

Proper Response: Iran's military bases are blowing up and its nuclear scientists are dying early. Who's responsible? Hard to tell. But it appears someone recognizes that Tehran is at war with civilization and is fighting back. In the last two years, ther

Scandal: The Justice Department has formally withdrawn a letter to Congress denying it sanctioned or allowed guns to be transferred to Mexico because it contained "inaccuracies." That's one way of putting it. Back in February, Assistant Attorney General

Election '12: Herman Cain's withdrawal concludes a media hit job that sends out two chilling warnings. To conservative businessmen: Don't dare run for high office. To black candidates: Don't stray off the liberal plantation. There's no denying that Cain,