During the presidential campaign, many people worried that a president Obama wouldn't be able to create new jobs. But I don't think anyone ever envisioned that in one of his first acts in office he'd actually give the ax to an entire industry. That's exactly what happened when he announced...

Barack Obama will order the closure of Guantanamo's detention camp on his first day in office this week. But there is no conciliatory spirit among the jailers. They remain recalcitrant to the end, determined still to keep everyone in the dark -- and I'm not just talking about the detainees.

Last week during a rally in Iowa, John McCain mocked Barack Obama for expressing concern over the safety of nuclear energy. "It has to be safe, environment, blah, blah, blah..." he said to a cheering, partisan crowd. "I have news for Senator Obama, nuclear power is safe, we ought to...