Politics: When your jobs policy fails to bring jobs, how do you fudge your call for more of the same? If you're the White House, you start stretching the boundaries of the English language. When it became clear to President Obama and his economic and pol

American Power: Congress' passage of three long-stalled free-trade treaties opens spectacular new paths for economic gains for the U.S. and its partners. A Pacific Century lies ahead, and it's about something bigger than China. The addition of Colombia,

Banking: Regulators have unveiled their long-awaited plan to limit the risk taken by U.S. banks. But the so-called Volcker Rule is a nightmarish piece of financial legislation that fixes nothing and may create another crisis. When in doubt, regulate. Tha

Leadership: Refusing to take the blame for the wretched Obama economy, Democrats are turning to a desperate strategy: blaming their most virulent critics, the Tea Party. You'd think it would be impossible for Democrats to direct blame elsewhere for an ex

Well, first we had some looney real estate guy named Donald Trump surging in the Republican presidential field for the 2012 nomination. Then, we had an Iowa-born representative from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann — did you know she was a federal tax

Solargate: On the program's last day, a billion-dollar loan guarantee went to another politically connected solar outfit in financial trouble. Fiscal insanity is throwing good money after bad and expecting a different result. They say haste makes waste.

Security: An Iran that's building nuclear weapons sponsors a shot at terrorism and murder on U.S. soil. Will we wait until Ahmadinejad's operatives come across our porous Southern border with a dirty bomb? The good news is the Iranian plot to assassinate

Meltdown: To their chagrin, the media elite moderating the latest GOP presidential debate got schooled in the real causes of the financial crisis by the line-up of candidates. At Tuesday's forum, the Washington Post's Karen Tumulty asked Michele Bachmann

Politics: You'd think a Republican debate on the economy would be a perfect time to blast Obama policies as an unmitigated disaster. Yet Obama escaped largely unscathed. Whom do these folks think they're running against? If aliens landed Tuesday night an

Leadership: The biggest free-trade pacts since NAFTA were passed by the House Wednesday night, with the Senate likely to follow. As a result, America will reap 250,000 jobs and $13 billion in exports. Where are the celebrations? The strangest aspect of t