Peggy Noonan Can't Pin the Tail on a Donkey

Right-wingers have gone ballistic since Wednesday's Republican YouTube debate because four of the questioners appear to be Democrats, including the retired "do ask, do tell" soldier who hogged not one but two microphones, and it's apparently GOP policy to avoid speaking to outsiders until the general election. But when Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan went hunting for Democrats today in that debate's target-rich environment, she still came up empty-handed.

Job Creation AND Loss Slowing Down: What's the Obvious Question?

So today's NY Times section on Business carries a lengthy story by David Leonhardt headlined "A Slowdown in Jobs Lost, and Created." The gist is that in the past "few years" the rates of both new job creation and old job loss have been slowing. Why?

The Irony Never Stops on Pennsylvania Avenue

What else would you expect from our current administration, renowned for its incompetence and its corruption, but a strange Executive Order creating a broad "Performance Improvement Council," along with a "Performance Improvement Officer" for every federal agency?

CNN's Self-Importance is Beyond Debate

At last night's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer spoke for more time than five of the seven candidates, repeatedly getting in the way of substantive discussion by reducing issues to yes/no options. But it wasn't until the audience got its chance to ask questions that the CNN team demonstrated how inflated in self-importance our leading broadcast journalists have become during presidential campaigns.

What's the Difference Between Military Procurement and Waste Treatment?

You've got me. This is such a ridiculous procurement story that it's 50-50 whether you laugh or cry.

Obama Hits Wrong Note with National Anthem

Of all the presidential candidates to make their feelings known about symbolic expressions of patriotism like flag lapel pins and the National Anthem, none has been more candid than Sen. Barack Obama -- hands down.

Ron Paul: The $4.2 Million Dollar Man

I gave $25 to Ron Paul Monday because I couldn't resist being part of the largest grass-roots fundraising day in the history of American politics. The libertarian Republican raised $4.2 million from 37,000 contributors, according to a final tally provided to USA Today, from an effort that wasn't even organized by the campaign.

Clinton Skirted Questions in Philly Debate

I caught the last 90 minutes of the Democratic presidential debate at Drexel University Tuesday night, which told me that Hillary Clinton thinks she can win the nomination without telling anyone what she'll do if elected.

Anti-Gay Marriage Zealot Bushwhacks NJ's

Everyone claims to want less dirt, less big money, and less exaggeration in political campaigns, but how do you accomplish that when so much of a political campaign these days consists of the efforts of third party interest groups? I don't know, and apparently neither does New Jersey.

Oral Roberts University: The Next Conservative Scandal

Three former Oral Roberts University professors filed a lawsuit against the school and four administrators on Oct. 2. They claim wrongful termination and wrongful causing of one professor's resignation. This seemingly ordinary lawsuit is shining a very harsh light on ORU (and Oral Roberts Ministries) because of the reason the professors say they were fired.