Take all the pork-barrel spending from the beginning of the war and compare it with war costs, and I think it would be very interesting. Pork barrel, earmarks and so forth. Here we have a war that is being fought in the interests of US national security. This is one of the legitimate responsibilities of […]

Senator Harry Reid yesterday had a press conference on Capitol Hill, and a reporter said to him, “Senator Reid, do you have expectations that you’ll be able to get 60 votes for this latest anti-war resolution of yours?” and Sen. Reid says, “I always have expectations to get 60 votes,” and then added this. REID: […]

President Bush hosted a big state dinner in Washington last night for Sarkozy. How many times in the last six years have you heard the liberals and the left say that the Bush administration, or Bush personally, has destroyed our image in the world? Our allies hate us, and we got so much to do […]

This is from the Financial Times by Michael Franc, who is the vice president of government relations at the Heritage Foundation. The headline says it all here: “‘Democrats Wake Up to Being the Party of the Rich.‘ — A legislative proposal that was once on the fast track is suddenly dead. The Senate will not […]

We have great economic news out there. “Employers added about twice as many new employees last month than expected.” It’s always a surprise when the economy does well. This is Reuters. “Factory orders edged up. The government reports on Friday implied the economy was strong enough to avoid a recession.” Who’s talking about a recession? […]