New York officials fell all over themselves last week, seeking credit for the $700 million New York "won" in federal Race to the Top school funding. Better they had turned the money down. Let's...
Come Jan. 1, Democrats will officially end their romance with John May nard Keynes. That's the day they hope to sock America with the largest tax hike in years, all in the name of their supposed new...
The Pentagon's just-released report to Congress on Chinese military power is alarming for two reasons: First, Beijing's military buildup continues; second, the modernization of our armed forces may...
Just when you thought that bumbling Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale had retired for good, the FBI uncovers an 11-person, deep-cover Russian spy ring stretching from Boston to Washington. But...
To see what the federal stimulus package really has accomplished, take a look at this week's MTA news. Then, expect more of the same: paying more to ride on aging transit systems that break down all...
MTA chief Jay Walder is looking to hit up riders for more cash yet again, his new budget shows -- while asking relatively little from his union workforce. In so doing, he's bloating the fairness...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants a "unified" in quiry into the Army's in ability to recognize warning signs of the sort broadcast for months by its homicidal Islamist psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal...
GEN. David H. Petraeus yes terday strode purpose fully into a Capitol Hill hearing room to the rattlesnake buzz of still-camera shutters and the muffled disapprobation of the ladies in pink T-shirts...
SEN. Joseph Lieberman's criticism of the Obama health-care initiative may prove to be a pivotal turning point. Others have focused exclusively on the Obama plan's impact on health care. The...
AS Bill Clinton crisscrosses America defending his wife's candidacy, he's fuel ing speculation about who'd be in charge should Hillary be elected. Sen. Clinton - the incredible shrinking candidate -...
The recent WikiLeaks debacle, which will result in American, allied and Afghan deaths, drives home how inadequate our antique laws on war are in the new millennium. We live in a lawless age, when...
As the soldiers of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, our combat mission in Iraq came to an end. Sort of. A full 50,000 combat...
The first lady's well-publicized, expensive vacation in southern Spain last week was a PR gift to her husband's opposition. After all, we're in the middle of a major recession, with many...
President Obama last night gave his first Oval Office address to the nation to lay out his plan for dealing with the crisis in the Gulf. If you missed the speech, don't worry: Marshmallows have...
When he arrived in Jeddah in June 2009, Shahram Amiri was just one of the thousands of Iranians who fly to Saudi Arabia each month for out of season pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. However...
For almost 20 years, the United Nations nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did its best not to notice the slow but steady building of a military nuclear capability in the...
JERUSALEM Immersion in this region's politics can convince those immersed that history is cycli cal rather than linear -- that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over....
JERUSALEM 'Twas a famous victory for diplo macy when, in 1991 in Madrid, Is raelis and Palestinians, orchestrated by America, at last engaged in direct talks. Almost a generation later, US policy...