Economy: After years of dithering and bowing to protectionists, President Obama finally submitted three pending free-trade pacts with South Korea, Panama and Colombia to Congress for a vote. Let the U.S. economy recover. The president's decision marks th

Middle East: A top U.S. defense official tells Israel that it risks being "isolated" in the region unless it reaches out to its neighbors. Tell us, which one of these wonderful "neighbors" should Israel reach out to? Should it reach out to Syria, a terro

Scandal: Friday's release of documents shows the extent of White House contact with the ATF over Operation Fast and Furious. Included is a map showing where the guns went in Mexico — enough weapons for a Marine unit. In a classic news-dampening maneuve

Regulation: What does the Environmental Protection Agency say it needs to fully implement new greenhouse gas emissions rules? How about an army of 230,000 new bureaucrats and an additional $21 billion a year? According to the Daily Caller news site, a co

Leadership: President Obama spent most of this month pressuring Congress to "pass this jobs bill," but he can't even get his own party to support it. He's quickly turning into a leader without any followers. In the past three weeks, Obama has been pleadi

War On Terror: U.S. forces dealt a huge blow to al-Qaida's Western recruiting when they took out two American al-Qaida traitors on the Saudi-Yemen border. It's also a blow to the ACLU. Dead: Anwar Awlaki, tops on the CIA kill list, and his understudy Sam

Corruption: It turns out a recent recipient of the administration's largesse is from the House of Pelosi. The green energy scandal keeps picking up speed. Last week, the Energy Department completed a $737 million loan guarantee to Tonopah Solar Energy an

Politics: Damned as an "outrage" in the press, Bank of America's just-announced $5 monthly fee for ATM use was a logical and predictable result of a Dodd- Frank financial bill that fixed prices. Guess who gets to pay for it? Throwing their weight around

Exceptionalism: While the American space program is in a museum, Beijing orbits a nearly 9-ton space station module. Soon men will return to the moon, but they will likely be speaking Chinese. While America was scanning the skies waiting for an aging sat

European Union: Leaders dithering over Greek debt now want to squeeze financial markets. It's about "fairness," they say. No, it's about denial, and it would only worsen the Continent's problems. When it comes to shirking unpleasant business, the Europea