Mark Steyn in NRO: There is a great deal in Mr. Steyn's piece to mull over and here are a few thoughts of my own. British prime minister Gordon Brown thought long and hard about what gift to bring on his visit to the White House last week. Barack Obama is the first African-American president, so the...

Dick Morris writes in The Hill: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is finding that her job description is dissolving under her feet, leaving her with only a vestige of the power she must have thought she acquired when she signed on to be President Obama’s chief Cabinet officer. Since her de...

Our friend the White Trash Republican left a comment on my post about the current state of affairs which contained this thought: One bright spot- Everyday has now become "a teachable moment" for my younguns, but so sad they are having to witness this. I agree, but we must be careful to learn all the...

The Jan. 30-Feb. 1 USA Today/Gallup poll asked Americans to say whether they approve or disapprove of seven specific actions Obama has taken as president. Americans' general support for most of these is in line with Obama's initial overall job approval ratings. The public is most supportive of his d...

SPRINGFIELD -- Rod R. Blagojevich at 4:51 p.m. Thursday became the first governor in Illinois' 190-year history to be driven from office by impeachment. Senators voted 59-0 to dump Blagojevich, who was arrested Dec. 9 on federal corruption charges. And minutes later, they voted 59-0 to bar him from ...

Barack Obama's inauguration is set to cost more than £100m making it the most expensive swearing-in ceremony in US history. The President-elect will take less than a minute to recite the oath of office in front of an estimated two million people in the US capital next week. But by the time the fina...

Here is another of those stating the obvious articles, but some things need repeating. Here is a thought experiment that does not take very much thought. Picture, if you will, Hillary Clinton facing a foreign-policy conundrum. With whom will she discuss it first and most intently: with her president...

From CBN.com: Pro-life pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. It makes a whole lot of sense. Even though Warren and Obama disagree on the life issue, they do see eye to eye on many social justice issues. I'm not surprised. Warren is well meaning...

WASHINGTON: When President-elect Barack Obama talked on Sunday about realigning the American automobile industry he was quick to offer a caution, lest he sound more like the incoming leader of France, or perhaps Japan. "We don't want government to run companies," Obama told Tom Brokaw on "Meet the P...

WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama's national security team will include two veteran Cold Warriors and a political rival whose records are all more hawkish than the new president who will face them in the White House Situation Room. Yet all three of his choices - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...