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Walter E. Williams: Something for Nothing

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
Perhaps the most difficult economic lesson is that we live in a world of scarcity and everything has a cost. Scarcity exists whenever human wants exceed the means to satisfy those wants. For example, Rolls-Royce...
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Austin Bay: Sixty Years of War in Korea: "This Kind of War"

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
North Korea's sneak attack at sea this past March, which sank the South Korean corvette Cheonan, provided a murderous reminder that the Korean War is not over. This continuing tragedy serves as a lesson
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John Stossel: Good Intentions Gone Bad

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
You own a business, maybe a restaurant. You've got a lot to worry about. You have to make sure the food is safe and tastes good, that the place is clean and appealing, that workers are friendly and paid according to a...
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Jacob Sullum: Simpson and the Sacred Cow

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
Alan Simpson violated a taboo last week when he likened Social Security to "a milk cow with 310 million tits." But contrary to the dictionary-deprived critics who accused him of sexist vulgarity, the former Wyomi
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Ben Shapiro: President Barack Hussein Obama Bush

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
For a president who made his bones by ripping his predecessor, Barack Obama sure does a fantastic imitation of him. On Tuesday evening, two years, two months and four days before the 2012 elections, Obama mad
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Michael Gerson: Obama's Wandering Economic Message

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 22:01
WASHINGTON -- After a first year mainly focused on health reform, and a bleak December 2009 employment report, the Obama administration was finally ready to talk, in Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's words, about "jobs,...
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Guy Benson: Alaska Senate UPDATE: Murkowski Concedes; Miller Victorious

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 20:44
Incumbent US Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) will address the media in a few minutes. If the rampant speculation that she is preparing to concede the race turns out to be true, this development would mark an enormous...
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Guy Benson: About That Exorbitant Iraq War Pricetag...

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 19:31
One of the less impressive elements of tonight's speech (I'll have a full review up tomorrow morning) was President Obama's clumsy attempt to link the recession with the Iraq war. Midway through his remarks, Obama...
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Greg Hengler: Obama Gives Credit To Himself For Iraq & A Shout Out To Bush For "Supporting The Troops"

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 19:00
All you need to know about the president's speech on Iraq is summed up in less than two minutes--text is complimentary.
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Donald Lambro: Obama's Indifference Spells Dems' Disaster

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:51
WASHINGTON -- President Obama came out to the White House Rose Garden Monday on his first full day back at work to devote a full four minutes to the sinking U.S. economy. Even though a president's time is valuable,...
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Jillian Bandes: Obama: Blustery And Confident, As Usual

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:48
No one doubted his speech would reveal little, if nothing, on the subject of how to continue management of the second-most unstable county in the world. But were there any other options? Iraq is faced with violent...
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Guy Benson: Obama's Speech

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:31
President Obama's major speech on the economy Iraq, a full transcript:---Good evening. Tonight, I'd like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need...
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Guy Benson: Words Aside, Obama's Actions Have Validated the Iraq Surge

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 18:25
As the nation awaited President Obama's Iraq speech from the Oval Office, Charles Krauthammer raised an important point on Fox. Many conservatives were holding out hope that Obama would acknowledge President Bush's...
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Greg Hengler: Matthews: Obama Is "Almost Pluperfect & They Don't Like Him"

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 17:39
The zenith of leg thrills.HT to Benjamin Rush.
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Michael Medved: Boehner, Biden and European Alternatives

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:43
The painfully faltering U.S. economy hasn't come close to producing the new jobs President Obama promised, which explains why GOP Congressional leader John Boehner gained traction with demands that the administration...
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Guy Benson: Mike Castle: No, I Won't Switch Parties

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:30
The Delaware Republican Senate primary is generating a fair amount of Beltway buzz this week as the media attempts to highlight other races that could mirror the shocker transpiring in Alaska. Could upstart...
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Guy Benson: GOP Rep. Mike Castle Denies Party Switch Rumor

Townhall Columns - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:13
In light of the still-developing Murkowski/Miller Alaskan stunner, the Beltway media has begun highlighting another Senate primary pitting an established moderate Republican against an insurgent conservative who has...
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Greg Hengler: NBC's Engel: Surge Only Looks Good Compared To "Full-Blown Civil War"--Iraq Better Under Saddam's "Peaceful Time"

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:45
Can you believe this guy? Richard Engel is NBC News's Chief Foreign Correspondent! His "rewriting of history" makes Michael Moore's appear soft. More fruits of a life lived in the world of the liberal media elite where...
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Greg Hengler: Busted! Fox's Carlson Catches Gibbs In A Naked Lie--Asks 6 Times If Obama Will Credit Bush Tonight

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:41
Gibbs's lie was so deep, I had to freeze frame so you could see exactly what Obama said about the surge in 2007. He's one smug, flippant jerk too.
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Katie Pavlich: As Iraq Comes to an "End"

Townhall Blogs - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 11:27
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