Awesome: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Endorses Scott Walker

Derek Hunter: How Do You Compromise with a Progressive?

I forced myself to watch Bill Maher this Friday as I was trying to chart out this column. Thankfully I hadn’t just eaten.

Jeff Jacoby: Two is Enough

News Flash: The next president of the United States, like the last 29, will be a Republican or a Democrat.

Doug Giles: Obama’s Manger: What if Kenya’s a Little Town in Hawaii?

Who the heck was Obama getting to hawk his books back in the ‘90s when he was doing coke and weed and hanging out with Marxists? Whoever it was, it is now causing quite a bit of consternation for BHO’s camp because they put on his bio that he was born in Kenya. This publication, apparently, even confused Michelle about Barack’s country of origin, as this video points out.

John Ransom: The Great Liberal Explains the Bible

Oh, here we go: The great liberal in going to break out the Bible for us and explain to us the Gospel According to Barack.

Salena Zito: Biden's Words Fall on Deaf Ears in Ohio

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a sitting vice president,” added Matthew, also a Democrat. He, too, said he will vote for Romney.

Austin Hill: Can The States Withstand Big Labor’s Attacks?

Some courageous American leaders are trying to prevent another California budget disaster.

Debra J. Saunders: FTC vs. Skechers: Overhyped Meets Overkill

The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges that the shoe company made "unfounded claims" about its Shape-ups.

Caroline Glick: Let Us Embrace Our Friends

Two weeks ago, US Congressman Joe Walsh published an op-ed in the The Washington Times in which he called for the US and Israel to abandon the two-state solution.

Humberto Fontova: Obama State Dept. Grants Visa to Castro's Daughter

A top apparatchik of the only regime in the Western Hemisphere to herd thousands of men and boys into forced labor camps at Soviet-bayonet point for the crime of fluttering their eyelashes, flapping their hands and talking with a lisp was just granted a U.S. visa to lecture Americans on “Gay Rights.”

Paul Jacob: The Next Thing in Money

Innovation doesn't need to start at the top. With competition, it's the upstarts who lead the way. And when it comes to money, we sure need a new start.

Daniel J. Mitchell: California’s Train to Nowhere

But even though I think there is a value in having bad examples (whether cities or countries), it is tragic to see a beautiful state destroyed by reckless politicians and their big-government schemes.

Bob Beauprez: Regulated to Death – the stealth jobs killer

At a time when more than 20 million Americans are out of work or underemployed and the U.S. economy is stuck in neutral, Barack Obama has paradoxically ramped up regulation rather than provide relief.

Charles Payne: The Fuel of Self-Belief

The article discusses an MIT study of data from a microfinance program in West Bengal. The BRAC program made loans to locals stuck in deep poverty.

Political Calculations: The Greek Budget Identity

We're not kidding when we say that Greece's government really turned the screws on its people with its VAT in 2011. That 4% increase in the rate of taxation should have increased its revenue from the tax by more than 21%. But it didn't.

Jeff Carter: End of Day Protestor- Occupy Your Backyard

As they are drawing that first beer, do they reflect and say something like, “We really marched great today.” Or, “You know, you really carried that sign well today.” “Nice paint job on that sign.”

Gary McCaleb: No Rights of Conscience for Military Chaplains?

When President Obama prepared to repeal the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy in July 2011, defenders of marriage and religious freedom warned that the repeal would open Pandora’s Box.

Marita Noon: Judge Denies Tombstone Water

Last year, on June 16, the massive Monument Fire and the subsequent monsoon rains destroyed the pipelines that bring the water to Tombstone and boulders the size of Volkswagens blocked access to the springs.

Susan Carleson: All Animals Are Equal, but Some Animals Are More Equal…

Just in case anyone needs any more surprises – liberal hypocrisy has again been unearthed in – of all places – Washington D.C.!

Mike Shedlock: Italy Deploys 20,000 Law Enforcement Officers to Protect Individuals and Sensitive Sites

In response to Tax Collection Violence in Italy: Mail Bombs in Rome, Police Clashes in Naples, Molotov Cocktails in Livorno I received an email from Frank who lives in Canada but owns property in Italy.

Night Watch: Bin Laden Death No Impact on Taliban

The data indicates that the death of bin Laden appears to have had little to no impact on the fighting in Afghanistan.

Chris Edwards: $1 Million in Waste, but No Bathtubs

Unlike the GSA scandal, it included no photos of bureaucrats in bathtubs, so you probably won’t see it on the cable news.

Thomas Sowell: A Racial Revolution?

Now that census data show -- for the first time in American history -- the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to non-white minorities the question is: What does this mean for the future of American society?