Paulson, Bernanke, and Congress on the Bailout: Incompetence All Around
Michael Barone: Michael Barone    3:48 pm
There is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to the struggling economy…

Ban Ki-Moon' s Marie-Antoinette Moment
Claudia Rosett: The Rosett Report    4:14 am
People around the world may be tightening their belts, but at the United Nations in Geneva it was party time on Tuesday, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on hand to celebrate the new ceiling decor for the chamber now named “the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room” — meeting place for the UN’s so-called Human Rights [...]…

Freddoso: Lungrens Run
David Freddoso: National Review Online    4:00 am
For House Minority Leader, theres really no contest…

Works and Days » Thoughts, Past and Future
Victor Davis Hanson: Pajamas Media    12:32 am
As I wrote in the past, the real issue is no longer whether one has confidence that Obama will prove a gifted leader, but rather to hope that he does…

Op-Ed Contributor - Let Detroit Go Bankrupt - NYTimes.com
Mitt Romney: The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia    12:30 am
IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye…

Goldberg: No to Obama's Experimental Government
Jonah Goldberg: National Review Online    12:00 am
Dont just do something, President Obama, stand there…

Sowell: The Right To Win
Thomas Sowell: National Review Online    12:00 am
While demanding tolerance from others, gay activists apparently feel no need to show any themselves…

Malkin: Married to the Mob
Michelle Malkin: National Review Online    12:00 am
Soul-Fixer, Nation-Healer, where art thou?…

George Will - Let the Automakers Go Bankrupt
George F. Will: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    12:00 am
"Nothing," said a General Motors spokesman last week, "has changed relative to the GM board's support for the GM management team during this historically difficult economic period for the U.S. auto industry." Nothing? Not even the evaporation of almost all shareholder value?…

'No' to Obama's experimental government
Jonah Goldberg: L.A. Times - Commentary    3:00 am
We need to slow down and resist the urge the try a bunch of economic fixes…

Op-Ed Columnist: The Formerly Middle Class
David Brooks: NYT > Opinion    12:42 am
In this recession, maybe even more than other ones, the last ones to join the middle class will be the first ones out…

CRISIS LETS DEMS PUSH OLD AGENDAS - New York Post
Amity Shlaes: Breaking News | Headline News | Current - New York Post    12:22 am
THE trouble with new financial crises is that they provide pretexts for implementing old social agendas…

Fred Thompson : Time to Look Ahead - Townhall.com
Fred Thompson: Republican Politics, Conservative Issues, Political Cartoons, Blogs, News, Videos, Talk    12:21 am
I’m sure after this two-year campaign everyone would like to take a deep breath and put aside politics for a while…

Sowell: Its Priceless
Thomas Sowell: National Review Online    12:00 am
Politicians live in an alternative reality of free lunches…

The Public Is Not Sold on the Detroit Three Bailout
Michael Barone: Michael Barone    11/17 4:06 pm
Polls show the public is not convinced the government should bail out the auto industry…

Fidel Castro gets religion.
Christopher Hitchens: Slate Magazine - Fighting Words    11/17 11:56 am
In January of 2009'”on New Year's Day, to be precise'”it will have been half a century since the brave and bearded ones entered Havana and chased Fulgencio Batista and his cronies (carrying much of the Cuban treasury with them) off the island…

Surviving the Age of Audacity
Claudia Rosett: The Rosett Report    11/17 5:50 am
Whatever the miseries of the markets, there’s one thing in rich supply – these are boom times for audacity…

Op-Ed Columnist: George W. Hoover?
William Kristol: NYT > Opinion    11/17 12:42 am
If Republicans don' t come to grips with what' s happened over the last eight years, and can' t develop an economic agenda moving forward '” then they could be back, politically, in 1933…

George F. Will on Bipartisan 'Socialism'
George F. Will: washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns    11/16 12:00 am
Conservatism's current intellectual chaos reverberated in the Republican ticket's end-of-campaign crescendo of surreal warnings that big government -- verily, "socialism" -- would impend were Democrats elected…

globeandmail.com: A future for U.S. conservatives
John O'Sullivan: globeandmail.com: Canada\'s National Newspaper    11/15 1:07 am
By almost any measure, American conservatives should be thoroughly depressed…

Barone: Detroit Automakers a Relic of the Past
Michael Barone: National Review Online    11/15 12:00 am
Keeping the Detroit Three in their present form is an exercise in preserving in amber the America of the past…

Meanwhile, Behind a Barred Window in Libya'¦
Claudia Rosett: The Rosett Report    11/14 10:26 pm
President Bush, in his second inaugural address, talked about advancing the ideals of freedom as “the calling of our time.” Strange, then, that a brave democratic dissident in Libya, who answered that call — and has spent years in Libyan lock-ups for his pains – has received so little support or attention from the Bush administration. I’m talking about [...]…

Obama's Organization Delivered Impressive Results Against McCain
Michael Barone: Michael Barone    11/14 5:45 pm
In Indiana, Obama's organization efforts were key to his victory…

Op-Ed Columnist: Bailout to Nowhere
David Brooks: NYT > Opinion    11/14 1:54 am
The biggest threat to a healthy economy is the politically powerful capitalists who use their influence to create a stagnant corporate welfare state…

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Where the Mines Are
Michael Gerson: RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls    11/14 12:51 am
New presidents make mistakes…

Amanda Carpenter: Your New House Republican Leadership
Amanda Carpenter: TownHall.com    3:01 pm
House Republicans finished their leadership elections today…

'He now says he never thought a pardon [of Marc Ri...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    2:33 pm
A bit more on Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's role in the Marc Rich pardon, from The Importance of Being Famous, by Maureen Orth, published by ... . . …

Other Than The Fact That You Can't Trust Him And T...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    2:15 pm
I said earlier today that senators may want to double-check Holder's confirmation hearing testimony against the facts…

Matt Lewis: Oogedy-Boogedyism?
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    1:52 pm
I just came from the excellent National Review Institute, so maybe they are on my mind more than usual ... In any event, in perusing the Corner, I see that even the most erudite among us are now in agreement that..…

Holder Discussed Use of Secret Evidence With Arab-...
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    1:38 pm
On June 29, 1998, then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, along with other Clinton Administration officials, met with representatives of several Ara... . . …

Save the Diner
James Lileks: www.buzz.mn -    12:56 pm
Man wants to bring Diner to Prior Lake…

Amanda Carpenter: Tom Daschle to Secretary of Health and Human Services
Amanda Carpenter: TownHall.com    12:19 pm
Breaking---Tom Daschle, the next Secretary of Health and Human Service, a government agency that consumes nearly 25% of all federal expendituresFormer Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has been tapped by..…

A Good Question For Eric Holder
Jim Geraghty: The Campaign Spot    12:03 pm
Back in 1998, when testifying before Congress about the need for a federal hate crimes law, then Deputy-Attorney General Eric Holder was asked for amp... . . …

Whither Oogedy-Boogedyism?
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    11:45 am
My email box runneth over with nice attaboys and more than a few interesting criticisms regarding my post about Kathleen Parker…

Happy Ending
Michael Yon: Michael Yon - Online Magazine    11:38 am
Published: 19 November 2008 Email AddressHappy EndingBetween 2007 and 2008, I got to know a man in South Baghdad whose codename was 'œBishop.' This is the short story of his life.His parents were Kurdish Sunnis. They moved to Baghdad 34 years ago '“ recently married and excited to make a new life for themselves and create a family. Bishop' s real name was Bashar Akram Ameen; the name given…

All change
Mark Steyn: The Corner    10:28 am
Re driving on the left in the US Virgin Islands, a reader in Scandinavia writes: In Sweden, where I live now, they used to have left-hand drive roads and right-hand drive cars, like in St…

Re: Quit it, Kathleen
Mark Steyn: The Corner    10:17 am
Agreed, Jonah. In that Hyacinth Girl piece I linked to earlier, she puts it this way: I know that there are too many absolute nutballs on the internet who apparently like to send death threats to Kathleen Parker, but being in the conservative commentary business is never going to make you homecoming queen... How can anyone claim that dissenting ideas are frowned upon if one reads any of the du…

Amanda Carpenter: RE: The so-called "Employee Free Choice Act"
Amanda Carpenter: TownHall.com    9:54 am
The larger-than-life debate over the fate of the Big Three automakers going on right now will be helpful to those trying to defeat the EFCA.There is a growing recognition that the out of control expenses associated with..…

Matt Lewis: The so-called "Employee Free Choice Act": Which Politicians to Watch...
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    9:33 am
North Dakota's two Democratic senators, Dorgan and Conrad are likely to be influential in helping decide whether or not the so-called "Employee Free Choice Act" is passed…

Amanda Carpenter: More on Steele and the Pro-Life Enough Question
Amanda Carpenter: TownHall.com    9:22 am
Last week I wrote about the insider debate among those vying for the next Republican National Committee Chairmanship whether Michael Steele was pro-life enough for the position…

Post-Racial? Not a Chance
Peter Robinson: The Corner    9:17 am
Obama received the votes of an enormous majority of voters under 25…

Hugh Hewitt: President-elect Obama's Baseline and Silence
Hugh Hewitt: TownHall.com    8:59 am
When Barack Obama was elected: The inflation rate was 3.7%Unemployment was 6.5%The prime was at 4%The Dow closed at 9,625The NASDAQ closed at 1,780The S&P closed at 1,005Oil was $60 a barrel.These were the facts as..…

Quit It Kathleeen
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    8:56 am
To my friend Kathleen Parker -- This act is getting really old…

Hugh Hewitt: The Best Solution To Piracy
Hugh Hewitt: TownHall.com    8:55 am
Sink the pirates' ships…

Bold Experimentation
Jonah Goldberg: The Corner    8:52 am
In response to my column today, a longtime reader sends this: Jonah, Free market economics involves the application of immutable laws, and it's those laws that allow us to forecast the effect of current events on various companies and the stocks and bonds they've issued…

Matt Lewis: Steele Talks to WaTimes
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    8:35 am
Yesterday, Michael Steele -- who is currently running for RNC Chair -- gave a very interesting interview to the WaTimes…

Matt Lewis: Overcoming Media Bias
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    8:05 am
Over at the WaTimes, damage control expert Eric Dezenhall -- who closely observed Michael Deaver's handling of Reagan's image -- offers Republicans some sage advice on how to handle "maintream media" bias ..…

Matt Lewis: Mitt Romney: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
Matt Lewis: TownHall.com    7:57 am
Mitt Romney has a very good op-ed in the NYT today: IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye…

Right vs left
Mark Steyn: The Corner    7:52 am
Driving, that is. Over in the Nordlingistan province of the NR caliphate, Jay writes: Can I tell you something odd about St…

The death of erudition, cont.
Mark Steyn: The Corner    7:14 am
The Hyacinth Girl has a measured take on the recent turbulence in these parts, perhaps because (unlike The New York Times wallahs) she actually reads NR and NRO…