Economy columnist Robert Samuelson sees our government having to transition from a “giveaway” mode, which dominated over the last half century with politicians doling out benefits and tax breaks, to a “takeaway” mode, in which many of such goodies have to be taken away. Samuelson
China, the new America: China has declared its intention to land an astronaut on the moon, in the first official confirmation of its aim to go where Americans last set foot nearly 40 years ago. While Chinese scientists have previously discussed the possibility of a
Scott Farris has a feature in the Washington Post about how those who lost presidential campaigns often had big and long-lasting effects on their parties and on the nation. Barry Goldwater and George McGovern would be the obvious examples. But the most powerful influence, according
First, Virginia prevents everybody except Romney and Paul from appearing on the Republican primary ballot. And now this: In order to cast their ballots in the GOP nominating contest, Virginians will have to sign a form that says, “I, the undersigned, pledge that I intend
Mark Steyn, connecting the birth of John the Baptist to the West’s current demographic and economic woes: Of the four gospels, only two bother with the tale of Christ’s birth, and only Luke begins with the tale of two pregnancies. Zacharias is surprised by his
January is named after the Roman deity Janus, the god of thresholds. He had two faces, one that looked back and one that looked forward. So that’s what we do on New Year’s. We look back on the year that has passed and we look
A New Year’s custom on this blog is to have readers predict what will happen in the year ahead. That’s not particularly unique. But what is unique is our other custom: To review those predictions at the end of the year and actually check how
Now it’s time for you to predict what will happen in 2012! See the accompanying post that looks back on last year’s predictions for how the contest works. Don’t worry. We are not enforcing the Deuteronomy 18:22 rule. Anyway, we aren’t asking for prophecy, just
Here are the top news stories of 2011 according to the Associated Press: 1. Bin Laden’s death 2. Disasters in Japan 3. The Arab Spring 4. EU fiscal crisis 5. U.S. economy 6. Penn State scandal 7. Gadhafi’s fall 8. U.S. Congress 9. Occupy protests
As a Virginian, my only choices in the Republican primary are Mitt Romney and Ron Paul–the other candidates having failed to get on the ballot–so I am studying these candidates closely. There would be a certain coolness factor in voting for Paul. But I’ve got
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