Geraghty: Away from the Hill, in Annandale
Jim Geraghty: National Review Online    5:00 am
Obama's health-care circus…

Hanson: Missing Our Moment in Iran
Victor Davis Hanson: National Review Online    1:00 am
When thousands risked their lives for a better Iran, a better Middle East, and a better world, we, the land of the free, simply were not with them…

Terms of Service
Amity Shlaes: Terms of Service    1:24 am
The question isn’t why Republicans like John Ensign or Mark Sanford are having marital crises…

Goldberg: Pork -- Its for Everyone, Including Obama
Jonah Goldberg: National Review Online    1:00 am
Only by investing in policies formulated years before toxic asset became household words could America get out of the financial crisis?…

Sowell: Equality on Trial
Thomas Sowell: National Review Online    1:00 am
Anyone who cares about equal justice under law should oppose Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation…

Pork -- it's for everyone, including Obama
Jonah Goldberg: L.A. Times - Commentary    6/30 3:00 am
The president's 'solutions' to the economic crisis amount to spending as much as possible for as long as possible…

Sowell: Health-care Policy in Wonderland
Thomas Sowell: National Review Online    6/30 1:00 am
The haste with which the latest government expansion into medical care is being rushed through Congress suggests that politicians dont want us to stop and think…

Op-Ed Columnist: Vince Lombardi Politics
David Brooks: NYT > Opinion    6/30 12:37 am
Leading Democrats seem open to nearly any idea so long as it will lead to passing legislation, perhaps at the expense of passing sensible legislation…

On Race, the Slog Goes On
George F. Will: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    6/30 12:00 am
Although New Haven's firefighters deservedly won in the Supreme Court, it is deeply depressing that they won narrowly -- 5 to 4…

What the Nixon tapes tell us about the Republican Party.
Christopher Hitchens: Slate Magazine - Fighting Words    6/29 1:31 pm
I wonder sometimes whether the Nixon tapes really will just continue to be the gift that never stops giving…

Hanson: Obama and the Noble Lie
Victor Davis Hanson: National Review Online    6/29 5:00 am
The Left accused the neo-cons around President Bush of embracing the Platonic notion of the noble lie…

A Regrettable 'Fix' on Health Care
George F. Will: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    6/28 12:00 am
"In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void…

About That 'œFire Shower of Nuclear Retaliation'
Claudia Rosett: The Rosett Report    6/27 1:41 pm
“Silliness,” is how a Pentagon spokesman has just dismissed North Korea’s recent threats to wipe America off the globe and drench South Korea in “A fire shower of nuclear retaliation.” Think again. For starters, let’s ask whether it’s really a good idea for America to treat lightly — even for p.r. puposes — a rogue regime [...]…

Clarence Thomas and the Voting Rights Act
George F. Will: Newsweek Columnists - George F. Will    6/27 10:56 am
The high court's misplaced modesty…

Steyn: Lets Burst the Bubble
Mark Steyn: National Review Online    6/27 8:00 am
A celebrified political culture will inevitably throw up its share of tatty karaoke versions of Britney and Jacko…

Geraghty: Barack Obama Is a Big Fat Liar
Jim Geraghty: National Review Online    6/26 5:00 am
Obama's most oft-repeated statement of the 2008 campaign has become inoperative…

Goldberg: Endless Love
Jonah Goldberg: National Review Online    6/26 1:00 am
How do a few tough questions make up for months of forehead-scraping obeisance to The One?…

Iran's Revolution Needs a Leader
Charles Krauthammer: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    6/26 12:00 am
Iran today is a revolution in search of its Yeltsin…

Op-Ed Columnist: Human Nature Today
David Brooks: NYT > Opinion    6/25 11:39 pm
Evolutionary psychology has had a good run…

While Iranians Bleed, Where is the UN?
Claudia Rosett: The Rosett Report    6/25 3:35 pm
Mostly AWOL. It seems that for top UN officials, it has been more urgent these past two weeks to focus on almost anything else – accepting awards, holding conferences and providing a stage for Zimbabwe’s prescriptions for global financial stability, and the UN’s own politicized projections of weather patterns by the year 2050…

RealClearPolitics - The Adolescent Angst of Barack Obama
Michael Barone: RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls    6/25 2:14 am
There is a tendency for newly installed presidents, like adolescents suddenly liberated from adult supervision, to do the exact opposite of what their predecessors did…

Hanson: Thuggery 101
Victor Davis Hanson: National Review Online    6/25 1:00 am
Obamas confusion about the worlds bad actors suggests that he needs a general refresher course in the world of thugs…

A Quixotic Pursuit: Green Energy Jobs
George F. Will: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    6/25 12:00 am
The Spanish professor is puzzled…

Geraghty: Leaving a Mark
Jim Geraghty: National Review Online    6/24 6:30 pm
But underneath the wreckage of a rising star is a man, and a family, and a group of staffers…

Goldberg: Obamas Iran Policy Is a Bomb
Jonah Goldberg: National Review Online    6/24 1:00 am
If the forces of reform and democracy win, Obamas plan to negotiate with the regime is moot, for the regime will be gone…

Wal-Mart's Seat at the Table
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    6:31 pm
Megan McArdle: I find it hard to believe that none of the liberal commentators breathlessly celebrating Wal-Mart's "capitulation" on national health care have even entertained the most parsimonious explanation: that Wal-Mart is in favor of this because it raises the barriers to entry in the retail market, and hammers Wal-Mart's competition…

President Obama May Be Getting One Right . . . for...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    5:52 pm
Closing Velocity finds a bit of reason for good cheer this Fourth of July:amp;nbsp;Michael McFaul, special assistant to the president and senior White... . . …

It's Okay Because It's Obama Dept
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    5:27 pm
From the Washington Post: Obama Administration to Involve NSA in Defending Civilian Agency Networks The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials…

It Takes More Than Throwing Tea Into Boston Harbor
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    5:25 pm
This Fourth of July, a lot of grassroots activists will be holding their second round of tea parties - 612 at last count…

Matt Lewis: Krauthammer: Palin's not a serious candidate for the presidency
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    5:15 pm
Via HotAir,…

Wow, the Market's Bad, And - Hey, New Michael Jack...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    5:06 pm
Hmmm. The New York Stock Exchange extends trading an extra fifteen minutes in order to "execute customer orders impacted by system irregularities." At... . . …

Re: Kmiec to Malta
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    4:48 pm
Who will Nina Totenberg consult for the conservative point of view now?…

Re: Sanford Must Go
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    4:25 pm
Still, if Sanford's going to do this schtick, it would be cool if he followed McGreevey's example and said something like "At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is…

Re: Your green house
Mark Steyn: The Corner    3:58 pm
Stephen, speaking as a foreigner, I confess I'm finding it harder and harder to see why you fellows bothered holding a revolution…

Obama: Stop Blaming Me For the Economy, I Just Got...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    3:41 pm
Obama, moments ago, responding to unemployment hitting the highest it's been in 26 years: "It took us years to get into this mess, and it will take mo... . . …

Media Update
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    2:44 pm
I'll be on C-Span tomorrow from 9-10…

Sanford Watch: State Law Enforcement Reports Next ...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    2:33 pm
I have yet to hear from anyone in South Carolina circles who strongly believes that Governor Mark Sanford should not resign…

I For One Welcome Our Insect Overlords
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    1:45 pm
Yes, yes, like a zillion readers, Andrew's post below about the globe-spanning Argentian ant colony competing with humanity for conquest of the globe immediately made me think of the Simpsons episode -- "Deep Space Homer" -- in which newscaster Kent Brockman thinks earth is being attacked by giant ants: "Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've just lost the picture, but what we've seen speaks for itse…

Why They Hate Her, The Angelina Jolie of Politics
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    1:04 pm
Tuesday night on Hugh's program, we discussed the Vanity Fair article about Sarah Palin and why, eight months after the election, Palin still arouses ... . . …

Obama II vs. Obama I
Victor Davis Hanson: The Corner    12:25 pm
I don't think it has occurred to the divine ones that the administration now is at odds with the sort of ideology and attitudes Obama himself espoused on the campaign trail…

Connecting the Dots on a Hillary-Obama Rift...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    11:57 am
Ordinarily, the fact that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn't joining President Obama on his trip to Moscow next week wouldn't be worth a second ... . . …

The Red Dot Only Went Up a Little This Month
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    11:46 am
The good folks at Innocent Bystanders have updated their chart, comparing the administration's predictions on unemployment against the actual rate: By... . . …

Plus, She's Auctioning Off Some Stuff She Had in H...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    11:28 am
The campaign of Meg Whitman,amp;nbsp; former CEO of E-Bay and Republican candidate for governor, announces "her exploratory committee has raised more ... . . …

Memo To Mark Sanford: Man Up and Go Home
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    11:16 am
I've not had much to add to what's been said around here about Mark Sanford, and I still don't have much new to say…

The Average Worker's Work Week Has Never Been Shor...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    10:55 am
... and we don't mean the Fourth of July holiday…

Who Knew They Weren't Democrats, After All?
Victor Davis Hanson: The Corner    10:16 am
One of the strangest things about the Iranian tragedy is this spate of mea culpa confessionals from columnists who for the last two years insisted that Bush's decision not to talk to the thuggish Ahmadinejad -- e.g., his sending terrorists into Lebanon to destroy democracy; trying to kill Americans in Iraq with lethal IEDs and assassinate Iraqi democrats; subsidies for rocketeers in Gaza; promisin…

Preaching to the Converted
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    9:56 am
Over on the home page, I've written a review of President Obama's health care town hall in Annandale, and offered an open question of what, precisely,... . . …

Matt Lewis: Politico: WaPost Sells Access
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    9:41 am
This raises serious questions ...For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" - Obama administration..…

An Early Time For the Washington Times
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    9:26 am
In a few moments, I'll be appearing on the Washington Times morning radio program…

Hugh Hewitt: Steyn, Romney and Botkin; Reynolds and White; Jaffa and Jude
Hugh Hewitt: TownHall.com    9:12 am
Transcripts of yesterday's conversations with Mark Steyn about Michael Jackson as well as the offensive in Afghanistan and the turmoil in Honduras, and with Mitt Romney about President Obama's push for the "government..…