Election '12: The Republican presidential front-runner is oddly silent on Washington's momentous budget talks. Mitt Romney can run, but he can't hide his positions forever. Massachusetts' former governor went to North Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday with

Civility: Republican Allen West is refusing to apologize to fellow Floridian and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz for calling her "vile, unprofessional and despicable." His only fault was omitting "liar" and "hypocrite." The dust-up between the tw

Oversight: As the hearing to give approval to the final settlement for the Pigford farmers approaches, it's time to investigate this classic case of waste, fraud and abuse. Somewhere Van Jones is smiling. Seventy-nine Republicans in the U.S. House of Rep

Budget: President Obama won't put high-speed rail on the block to ease the debt crisis. He insists we need to keep up with China. But its rail has become a $300 billion boondoggle. Yes, that's billion with a b. China's Railway Ministry continues to lose

Mandates: The Obama administration seems ready to force insurance companies to include birth control coverage in their plans. So much for the president's promise of bending health care costs downward. The ObamaCare legislation gives the administration th

National Debt: No wonder President Obama has so heartily endorsed the "Gang of Six" deficit plan. Just like everything Obama has offered so far, it's short on details and long on tax hikes. Soon after the "Gang of Six" — a bipartisan group of senators

American Dream: As debt talks burn on, Democrats keep bringing up the plight of the poor. This group, they say, will suffer from what they're calling the Republicans' "draconian" cuts. The poor aren't so bad off, though. When we think of the poor, we thi

Business: Las Vegas CEO Steve Wynn drew attention for a boardroom rant denouncing the intolerable business climate fostered by the White House. He's hardly the first. What's happening is emblematic of a bigger problem. In a Monday conference call, the ca

Media: It may not be clear why the cable channels spent all those hours Tuesday covering a parliamentary hearing on Britain's "hacking scandal." Do Americans really hang on every word addressed to tabloid ethics? Let's guess: Politics and the pleasure to

Debt: With "debtageddon" just two weeks away, the Democrats' strategy is clear. Offer no concrete spending cuts, say no to all GOP ideas, and insist on higher taxes as part of any deal. Is that what's meant by "compromise"? As the phony Aug. 2 deadline t