The sequester may be “dumb,” as the president says, but one thing it is, is interesting. Especially the politics. First off, it slashes defense spending, which Democrats want and most … more

What were Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton thinking? Why did they keep pitching the line that the 9/11/12 Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans started … more

Much attention has been focused in recent days on the Obama administration’s semi-secret “drone” program and on reports of covert surveillance and lethal attacks on terrorist … more

WASHINGTON — It’s week two of the president’s charm offensive, and already there is dissension in the ranks.Jay Carney, the occasionally charming spokesman for the newly charming … more

Max Baucus’ reputation as one of the most ethically challenged members of the U.S. Senate is well earned. The Montana Democrat’s decision to retire in 2014 can’t help but improve … more

If you’re reading this, you’ve survived the “sequester” cuts!That may surprise you, since President Obama likened the sequester to taking a “meat cleaver” to … more

WASHINGTON — With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching involved … more

WASHINGTON — In the 12 months we have to steel ourselves for the next State of the Union spectacle, let us count the ways that this spawn of democratic Caesarism — presidency-worship … more

WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Obama administration, I sat in a Capitol Hill hearing room and listened to Harry Markopolos, the whistle-blower in the Bernie Madoff scandal, bemoan the … more

Not only is a Senate plan for reforming the immigration program smart, it may actually become law. Those two things don’t necessarily go together. That it is bipartisan would seem a near … more