WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan’s budget is an amazing and wondrous document.Not only does it balance the budget in 10 years while reducing tax rates, it also does so without any pain or suffering … more

The nation’s elementary schools are overrun by small-minded and unreasonable people, prone to hysterics, who can’t distinguish between make-believe and reality. They are called school … more

All things considered, I’d rather be in Rome. Isn’t everyone?Tout le journalism monde has descended on Rome since Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise retirement last month. The ensuing … 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 — 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

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul was right. There, I said it.The Republican senator from Kentucky, whom I’ve ridiculed as an archconservative kook — because that’s basically what he is … more

That’s the conundrum at the heart of a new legal battle in Encinitas, California over the teaching of yoga in public schools.In a lawsuit filed last month, a couple with two children in the … more

WASHINGTON — Excuse me while I roll my eyes over the latest “mommy war.”It’s not that I don’t care about the substance, but because I’ve lived long enough to know … more

WASHINGTON — Sequestration is not the best time to be doling out foreign aid, surely the most unpopular item in the federal budget. Especially when the recipient is President Mohamed Morsi of … more

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