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One of the major reasons Obama earned the Washington Post‘s 2012 endorsement was his “balanced approach” to deficit reduction. Now that he’s won, the Post is alarmed to discover he is pushing for tax increases while offering no cuts to

As Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy make difficult cuts in an attempt to make their economies more competitive, France is pushing back against austerity and in danger of becoming the socialist rump of Europe. Fifty-seven percent of France’s GDP is

In Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times, the editorial board praised Republican Chris Christie for rising above politics in his response to Hurricane Sandy. But three weeks ago, as the hurricane was making landfall, they penned a Sandy-themed attack on

Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned from Congress just weeks after winning reelection for a ninth term. Jackson Jr. has been in treatment for bipolar disorder since June. The timing of his treatment coincides with an FBI investigation into misuse of

The mystery of who gave Amb. Susan Rice her talking points has finally been solved. The Director of National Intelligence reportedly removed references to al Qaeda from talking points produced by the CIA. In the latest twist in the ongoing

A BBC reporter helped spread a photo of a child supposedly injured by an Israeli attack on Gaza. In reality, the photo is three weeks old and was taken in Syria. The photo of a wounded Syrian child was posted

Faculty at fourteen Pennsylvania state universities voted Friday to authorize a strike if contract negotiations fail to reach an agreement in coming weeks. No one is on strike yet, but professors and coaches voted overwhelmingly that the union should be

How does a city of 200,000 people go bankrupt? In the case of San Bernardino, CA, the answer is unsustainable pension obligations pushed by union-backed politicians. San Bernardino declared bankruptcy in July, citing “an immediate cash flow issue,” but the

The Executive Order cited by the CIA to deny the agency had detained militia members at the Benghazi annex has a caveat, one which explicitly allows short term detentions. The interpretation of Executive Order 13491 is at the heart of

The amount of food stamp benefits families in Ohio receive will drop $50 a month based on new US Department of Agriculture calculations. The monthly amount each household is offered under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly known as

Unnamed sources tell Fox News that the CIA Annex in Benghazi held three Libyan militia members for days and that retrieving these detainees may have been a motive for the September 11th attack on the nearby US consulate. The new

LA Weekly recounts the story of Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey, the well-known conservative blogger Patterico, being SWATted last summer. SWATting is the practice of impersonating someone to call in a fake 911 emergency. The result is armed police showing up,

Eric Holder says he has not decided whether he will continue as Attorney General during Obama’s second term in office. Holder was speaking to a group of law students at the University of Baltimore Thursday. He indicated he will speak

Obamacare did not help the President get reelected Tuesday, but exit polls suggest the narrative that Obama cares more may have been the difference between winning and losing. We’ve all heard the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” coined by James

Democrats won big in California Tuesday night in both state legislative chambers while also seeing tax-increasing initiatives passed on the state’s ballot. Voters in California passed Proposition 30, a tax increase designed to prevent $6 billion in budget cuts to

Senator Harry Reid is outraged by Republican obstructionism in the Senate. He has also pledged himself to Democratic obstruction in the Senate should Mitt Romney win the White House. Will the real Harry Reid please stand up? Two months ago,

F.H. Buckley wrote the book on the social meaning of humor. The Morality of Laughter, published in 2003, was his attempt to collate and systematize not only what makes us laugh but why it makes us laugh. Last week, I

On Tuesday, residents of Georgia will be voting on a ballot initiative to create a state commission which can authorize charter schools outside the normal political process in the state. Teacher’s unions are against the measure which would mean more

Pew Research released a survey of 2012 media coverage Friday which shows the three major networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — are more favorable in their coverage of President Obama than Mitt Romney. In its survey, Pew examined the

US staff in Benghazi held an emergency meeting to discuss security issues less than a month prior to the deadly 9/11 attack. A cable summarizing the meeting warned of the compound’s vulnerability to a “coordinated attack” and indicated that additional

Here’s one more historical curiosity to observe this election cycle. Since election day was standardized in 1845 there have been 6 presidential elections held on November 6th and Republicans have won all six. That means next Tuesday, the 7th Presidential

Even as the streets of Manhattan were flooding and hundreds of thousands of residents lost power Monday night, the New York Times turned its attention back to national politics. It published a misleading editorial attacking Gov. Romney and in defense

Update: The police incident report which I noted below has been updated this afternoon as follows:  In an interview this afternoon with Madison Police detectives, the victim in this case recanted his earlier statements in regards to this crime. This

The state of Illinois and the nation of Greece have similar sizedpopulations. They also face similarly dire financial problems according to anew report by Illinois’ State Budget Crisis Task Force. The report callsIllinois’ budget “a mess” and says unfunded liabilities

The release yesterday of an Obama for America ad featuring Lena Dunham discussing her “first time” in a voting booth caused a flare on Twitter yesterday, but for the most part the major media has ignored the ad and the

Obama made a major immigration speech last year casting the need for reform in economic terms and explicitly connecting it to jobs and the middle class. But the glossy jobs booklet the President is promoting in swing-state appearances makes no

A shopkeeper in Chicago came to work one morning and found the word “racist” scrawled in lipstick on the window of his bead shop. The vandalism was in response to a hand-written political sign the owner had placed in his

Schools across the country have announced they are cancelling Halloween activities this year. These decisions are being made by administrators, often with little or no input from parents. Administrators claim they want to focus on academics but also note “religious

One question that did not come up in Monday’s foreign policy debate was the President’s use of drones to target specific individuals, including American citizens, for death – aka, the president’s “kill list.” When asked about it in the spin room

Two stories published this week note that Democrats are increasingly uneasy as they see challenger Mitt Romney surging in the polls. While Democrats still expect Obama to pull off a win, there is a dawningrealization that this is not going

Just over two hours after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi began on Sep. 11, the White House Situation Room was notified that a militant group with connections to al Qaeda had claimed responsibility, undermining claims by the

Once the left invents a gaffe they never let it go. There’s a good example of that at Huff Post yesterday where a post on political blunders includes Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric. Huff Post claims Palin’s statements about

Scott Adams, the creator of the popular comic strip “Dilbert,” endorsed Mitt Romney on his blog Wednesday. The reaction he received from liberal news sites was predictably outraged and, in Adams’ hands, hilarious. Adams chronicled the results of his announcement

Three years ago, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave an interview which made some unintentional news when she discussed Roe v. Wade in terms of limiting “populations that we don’t want to have too many of.”  This Friday, the

One of Obama’s explicit election promises in 2008 was that he would close America’s prison at Guantanamo Bay. In his appearance on Jon Stewart’s show Thursday night, now-President Obama announced this was a goal for his second term.  Commenting on

Last night President Obama got wee-weed-up claiming it was “offensive” to suggest that he or anyone on his team would mislead the public on the Benghazi attack. He then went on to immediately mislead the public about his own record