Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as … more

The fiscal cliff negotiations seem to be foundering on Barack Obama’s insistence on higher tax rates on high earners and House Republican leaders’ insistence on opposing them. The president … more

“When it comes to torture,” Amy Poehler said Sunday night as she opened the Golden Globes award ceremony, “I trust a lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.” Yuk, yuk, YUCK. … more

When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn’t go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a … more

Demographics buffs get a special Christmas present every year courtesy of the Census Bureau: its annual estimates of the populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This gives … more

“This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” — Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012 WASHINGTON — The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for … more

WASHINGTON — A pair of polls out this week shows the dire state the Republican Party finds itself in — and a way out of the wilderness, should Republicans choose to take it. Poll No. 1: … more

WASHINGTON — It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. It is not true, … more

WASHINGTON — “My administration,” President Obama wrote on his first day in office, “is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.” Those were strong and … more

WASHINGTON — Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their “fiscal cliff” victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush’s tax rates, especially those on … more