A Theory on Jobs According to the Associated Press: “Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have... 

(CNN) — The metric system is the kind of thing that you can expect from the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority Democrats now have in the United States Senate. After the Watergate scandal in 1974, Democrats trounced Republicans in the mid-term elections,... 

Siding with Chavez? I wonder if President Obama feels comfortable siding with Hugo Chavez. Chavez, who knows something about coups, is leading the opposition to the Honduran Coup, because his good buddy, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted by the military and... 

Thriller As the national media fixates on the death of Michael Jackson, the House of Representatives is working on its own “Thriller.” (I stole that line from Antonia Ferrier of the Minority Leader’s office). They are trying desperately to pass... 

History Happens, Sometimes Quickly               When I left for my vacation (a Disney cruise for the whole family, back to that later), history was being made in Iran.  As I was getting ready to come home last night,  the new history being... 

This originally appeared on CNN.com (CNN) – Much has been said and written about the decline and fall of the Republican Party. That is unsurprising, given the last two elections, when Republicans got their heads handed to them. In the aftermath... 

How They Pay For It:  Breaking Promises Of the Obama Campaign               House Democrats are preparing to break President Obama’s campaign promises as a way to pay for his health care plan.                According to... 

Trouble in Camelot               The American people have been seeing a lot of President Barack Obama.  He is ubiquitous.  His press strategy has been “more is more.”               What they haven’t seen is a lot of progress. ... 

The revolution in Iran is essentially about control. Younger people in Tehran are sick and tired of the conservative mullahs telling them how to live their lives. The conservatives demand that these young whippersnappers conform to a conservative,... 

So, How Are They Going to Pay for It? The Congressional Budget Office said that the Democrats’ plans to impose government-run health care are going to be expensive. As the Hill reports today: “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report...