We could have directed the $30 billion in surge expenditures toward assisting refugees from Afghanistan or building, furnishing and equipping enough schools for the entire nation.
At a time when the job market is difficult and people are struggling to find jobs or even internships or volunteer opportunities, why is the Peace Corps now half the size it was in 1966?
It's abundantly clear that President Obama's stewardship of the economy has resulted in tremendous improvement from the near-abyss the nation fell into last Fall at the end of Bush's presidency.
Is a Democratic administration and a Democratically controlled Congress presiding over one of the most regressive wealth transfers in history?
In retiring the phrase from the federal lexicon will we really be ending the "War on Drugs"? Hardly.
Obama's proposal undermines the landmark Brady Law by continuing the dangerous Bush administration policy requiring the destruction of most Brady background check records in just 24 hours.
The Obama administration should extend its fervor for science to its foreign aid policy, putting science and technology at the heart of U.S. assistance to the developing world.
Today, on World AIDS Orphans Day, we must recognize that there are multiple social and economic costs that follow a society's failure to address the needs of their most vulnerable members -- children.
The task awaiting Obama was massive. And yet, there is a rush to decide how he's doing after 100 days. Donnie Walsh gets two years to revive the Knicks, but the president only gets 100 days to fix the country?
Building a sustainable recovery requires us to use every federal dollar wisely.
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After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.
So what will the Journal say now that the stock market has "rebounded"? Does this mean the market now loves Obama's policies?
Congratulations, Republicans, you just released a budget that rewards wealthy corporate executives while blocking any attempt to dig us out of the economic catastrophe they created. Smart!
It has often been said that budgets are a statement of priorities. If that's the case, President Obama has taken his eyes off of the nation's top prio...
As Americans are losing their jobs due to a lack of public funding, the Democrats' appropriation bill pours billions of dollars into sophisticated weapons for both Israel and neighboring Arab states.
We're supposed to be up in arms over the deficit projections for 2013 or 2019? That's bit like someone complaining about the lawn not being mowed at a time when the house is on fire.
Short term political gain may come to some of those who rail against increased domestic spending. But the price will be a bleaker economic future for all Americans.
A great pitcher, when the pressure is on, lets the game affect him and starts speeding up instead of executing his pitching strategy. A big game pitcher, slows the game down. Obama is a big game pitcher.
I'm not suggesting we raise a nation of pyromaniacs. But youthful experimentation is a prerequisite to innovation, to giving kids "license to think outside the box."
