Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

There is, of course news of the other sort. But the bad news is easy to find and usually much more widely discussed. Here instead is a round up of the positive news stories from 20 February to 6 March 2009 from Afghanistan. I focus on this, not only to attempt to balance the scales in the tone depar...

President Bush “will give his first post-presidency U.S. speech in Erie, Pa., on June 17 to the Manufacturer & Business Association, which serves companies in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.” Bush’s first speech will be March 17 in Calgary, Canada. “No one wants [President ...

During the March 7 edition of Fox News Watch, Fox News' weekly media analysis program, host Jon Scott claimed that Vice President Joe Biden "[went] down to address this AFL-CIO convention in Miami Beach -- it's closed to the press. We don't have any idea what he said there." In fact, as Media Matter...

To a disinterested observer such as myself, the Obama administration looks particularly inept, foolish, petty, vindictive, and unprofessional. Even the adoring MSM has a hard time papering over all The One’s recent missteps. After making some spectacularly bad cabinet appointments and snubbing the...

Are you aware of the "The abject Horror of the Employee Free Choice Act"? Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. "Do us a favor, governor. Run for the Senate." Pamela Hasterok: "It was bad, very, very bad. And the economy stinks, too." Crist's third...

On March 5, Fox News characterized Vice President Joe Biden's appearance that day at the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting as "secret" and lacking in transparency, even though the White House released a transcript of Biden's AFL-CIO speech and "a pool of print reporters" reportedly covered Biden's...

Obama's kneejerk Leftist explanations defy the reality of America's economic situation The logic of Obama's address to Congress went like this: "Our economy did not fall into decline overnight," he averred. Indeed, it all began before the housing crisis. What did we do wrong? We are paying for past ...

Credit where credit is due: when it comes to promoting the Republican agenda, there is no one better than Fox News. And with the White House announcement that Vice President Biden would address the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Miami Beach, the Fox team was armed for a double-barrel attack against tw...

Vice President Joe Biden appeared before the annual conference of the AFL-CIO executive council today – and seemed to relish every minute. “All kidding aside,” he said as he recalled the chill between the Bush administration and organized labor. “I was told by [AFL-CIO] President John Sweeney th...