Obama: "I'm a Chauvinist"

John Ransom: As to Healing Planet Mr. President: Heel Thyself

Isn't this 2012? Wasn't this guy who bragged in 2009 that his presidency was to be the one "that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal"?

Ken Blackwell: Rationing our Rights

They said it would never lead to rationing. But rationing is already here. Under the latest assault by the Obama administration, they are rationing our rights.

John C. Goodman: Are We Coming Apart?

We are experiencing an ever widening cultural divide, according to Charles Murray.

Humberto Fontova: Mimi Alford, You Poor Thing

Mimi Alford certainly has cause to regret her handling by President Kennedy.

Paul Greenberg: Gobbledegook Galore: How to Have Fun on a Budget

It's hard to imagine how anyone can take President Obama's latest budget seriously, including President Obama.

Daniel J. Mitchell: Sex and the Power of Economics

It seems that many of the statists I debate and deal with support punitive taxation for reasons of spite and envy. As such, they don’t really care about the impact on either the economy or tax revenues.

Peter Ferrara: Dishonorable Dishonesty at the Top

You have probably heard by now the disastrous performance by new White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew on the Sunday morning talk shows last weekend.

Charles Payne: Hey, Man I Just Don’t Understand

Yesterday the CBO reported the unemployment rate will probably remain above 8.0% to 2014. So, it's been 36 months and counting, the longest stretch outside the Great Depression.

Political Calculations: Wind Energy Versus Keystone

This one pipeline project, which would add to the estimated total of 55,000 miles of crude oil trunk lines in the U.S., would outproduce the entire U.S. wind power industry in terms of actual energy production by a factor of nearly 5 to 1.

Michael F. Cannon: Sebelius Admits ObamaCare Exchanges Aren’t Happening, Then Disqualifies Herself from Office

Even if Congress won't provide money, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius says she'll find a way to get the money for "health reform" Consitution or no.

Ed Feulner: A Nation of Takers

Americans pride themselves on being a self-reliant people. We know that the freedom to make our own fortune sets us apart from many other nations. It’s what has drawn generations of immigrants to our shores -- men and women risking their lives to live a life in which they, not the government, are in charge.

Bob Beauprez: Where are the jobs?

36.3% of working-age Americans do not have a job and are not even looking.

Jeff Carter: LIBOR Rate Manipulation

Manipulation makes credible marketplaces look like a sham. For those who don’t know, the LIBOR market is the largest most liquid credit market in the world.

Mike Shedlock: Unemployment in February Increases to 9%, Up From 8.6%; Underemployment Increases to 19%

Given teenage unemployment, this would (or at least should) artificially lower unemployment numbers for Gallup versus the US government. Yet, Gallup is higher, way higher, when one considers underemployment.

Michael Tanner: Obama's Busted Budget

Let's start with the idea that the president's budget would reduce the debt. That is true only using Washington math.

George Landrith: A Conservative’s Take on the Ex-Im Bank

When a few fellow conservatives criticize plans to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank on grounds that it is just another costly government corporate welfare program, why do I strongly disagree? The answer is simple – the Ex-Im Bank is none of the things some of my fellow conservatives claim.

Steve Deace: Michigan: Mitt Romney's Waterloo?

The road to underdog Rick Santorum’s improbable journey to becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States runs right through favorite Mitt Romney’s “home†state.

Crystal Wright: Rick Santorum's Baggage: Loaded with Hypocrisy and Moral Perfection

Rick Santorum may be riding high in the polls of late, running neck in neck with Romney, but he’s not the Mr. Clean picture of social conservative perfection he wants everyone to believe.

Bill Tatro: Do as Obama Says, Not as He Does

After giving my daughter specific instruction never to do something, I then contradicted myself by acting in a hypocritical manner.

Matt Mackowiak: Rick Santorum's Willful Ascent

Rick Santorum was the longest of long shots when, five years after losing his bid for reelection to the Senate by 18 points, he spent much of 2011 campaigning for president in three early-primary states. But he campaigned longer and harder - albeit with less media attention, money, and staff - than any other Republican candidate. By the time Santorum barely won Iowa (as we belatedly learned), he had held nearly 400 town-hall meetings.

Night Watch: NightWatch: Iranians Mistakenly Set Off Bombs Meant for Israelis

The Iranians who were arrested after mistakenly setting off explosives in Bangkok on Tuesday planned to attack Israeli diplomats, Thai police chief Prewpan Dhamapong said on 16 February.

Chris Edwards: Reporters Should Think Big on Budget Reforms

Let me suggest that when reporters are investigating problems with federal programs they ask a few big-picture questions. Is the program really needed? Can state governments or the private sector do it? What can we learn from reforms in other countries?

Doug French: Street Freak

As Jared Dillian says in this video clip promoting his book Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers, "For someone who has bipolar disorder, being on the trading floor is the absolute worst place to be, because no one's going to notice that anything's wrong, because everybody is crazy."

Tad DeHaven: Obama’s Proposed Cuts and the Scope of Government

The alleged savings would only amount to $24 billion in a $3.8 trillion budget

Michelle Malkin: Taxing Medical Progress to Death

Two years ago this month, as public debate over Obamacare raged, former President Bill Clinton rushed to the hospital because of a heart condition. He immediately underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. It was a timely reminder about the dangers of stifling private-sector medical innovation. No one listened.