In a new poll from Public Policy Polling, 74 percent of Republicans polled said they think the actions of the Obama administration during the crisis in Benghazi were worse than Watergate. The results, however, might be taken with a grain of salt as half of that 74 percent appear to...

When renowned Harvard University historian Niall Ferguson attacked John Maynard Keynes, claiming the iconic, long-dead economist did not care about future generations because he was gay, effete, and childless, the remarks made headlines and triggered outrage.

During the question-and-answer period of a May 2 speech before a group of investors...

Syria, as the cliche goes, is a "problem from Hell." Listening to conservative experts on the Sunday morning talk shows, however, it all appears to be pretty simple. As New York Times correspondent Sheryl Gay Stolberg noted:

On Sunday, several leading Republicans -- including Senators Lindsey Graham of...

The first time I clicked on this Politico article, titled "Obama, class warrior," I had to check my calendar. Had I forgotten April Fools Day? What else could explain what otherwise struck me as a purposeful -- indeed, expertly executed -- parody of a Politico article?

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Fred Wertheimer wrote a new op-ed this week arguing for campaign-finance reform, including the need for public financing of elections to help reduce corporate influence in our elections. This one happens to be in Politico, but given the level of importance and longevity of the issue,...

We're three weeks into our "Lessons Learned from the Iraq War" -- more accurately titled, "Lessons Unlearned." One of the most glaring of these is the notion of a "liberal media" during the war. Given President George W. Bush's deceptive case for invading Iraq, a "lapdog media" is more accurate.

For better or worse, the Vietnam War proved itself to be a learning experience for Americans and the U.S. government. In the military, it resulted in what became known as "The Weinberger Doctrine," which set up a number of demanding conditions for a president to consider before committing...

It's a tribute to the good sense of the broader American public that on the 10th anniversary of President George W. Bush's disastrous decision to invade Iraq, a majority of Americans are aware that the entire enterprise was a bad idea, according to a poll by the Gallup...

Erick Erickson of CNN and the conservative RedState blog recently announced that RedState plans to hire a few real reporters for the site. This is ironic for a number of reasons. First, Erickson is best known--to liberals, anyway--for calling former Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter...

On the unhappy 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, those of us who spoke out against the impending catastrophe a decade ago are naturally tempted to rehearse the argument, particularly given the proclivity of our opponents to question the patriotism, perseverance, and perspicacity of the so-called dovish side....

Shortly before Election Day in November, The New York Times published a report about a Congressional Research Service study that had been withdrawn after publication due to demands by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The economic report, "Taxes and the Economy: An Economic Analysis of the Top...

According to a much-discussed recent report in Politico, members of the press are frustrated by their lack of face time with President Barack Obama. Their anger apparently boiled over when they found themselves excluded from the president's golf outing with Tiger Woods over Presidents Day weekend.

Still, it...

Perhaps liberals ought to send Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) flowers and a box of chocolates. The Texas Republican -- who recently threatened President Barack Obama with impeachment should the president use his executive power to strengthen the nation's gun control laws -- escorted Ted Nugent to President Obama's...

Not a day goes by lately that Fox News does not itself make news. In the past few days, we've learned that the station dropped longtime commentator and pollster Dick Morris from its team of analysts. This comes after the decisions to renew the station's lucrative contract with...

Economist and columnist Paul Krugman appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe last week with show co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, as well as Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass and former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) to discuss the deficit. The five of them spent more than...

When literary critic Lionel Trilling wrote in 1950 that liberalism was "not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition" in the United States, he meant it as a lament. He noted that while some conservative opposition to liberal thought did exist, its proponents remained inarticulate and...

Journalism has often been called "the first draft of history," but oftentimes its addiction to surface-level examination of "the facts" obscures deeper, more important truths that citizens need to know in order to make sense of a story, regardless of what number draft it may be. This is particularly true...

The number of Americans who call themselves members of the Tea Party is down to just 8 percent, according to a recent Rasmussen poll. This is just one-third of the number of Americans who claimed membership in April 2010, shortly after the passage of the Affordable Care Act....

In keeping with the list-making mania of this time of year, Politico's Dylan Byers made his own list of the "Top 10 media stories of 2012." Because Politico has, almost by popular acclimation, become the most influential publication that covers -- some might say that "over-covers" -- the...

Naturally, last week's tragedy in Newtown, Conn., has inspired a revival of America's attempts to discuss the problem of gun control. What many people fail to consider when the nation is faced with such soul-searching tragedies (or natural catastrophes) is how much of our debate is predetermined by the ability...