Law & Government
Obama's Indefinite Detention Powers
Does the president have the authority to imprison anyone he says is a terrorist?
The Senate's Unconstitutional Support for Indefinite Detention
The government should not be allowed to imprison people indefinitely.
California's Public Pension Disaster
Why is the California Supreme Court inventing new rights for state retirees?
Obama's War Record Should Appall Progressives
The president is following in George W. Bush's disastrous footsteps.
Thirteen Steps For Making U.S. Child Care As Horrible As U.S. Health Care
Nancy Pelosi once had trouble finding a babysitter, so her aspiration these days is "doing for child care what we did for health care reform."
What Part of Deficit Reduction Does Congress Not Understand?
If members of Congress can't find $1.2 trillion to cut in 10 years, the only reason is they aren't serious.
Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts
J. Edgar Hoover's Fetish for Authority Was More Worrisome Than His Apocryphal Sexual Hangups
Virginia Dems Try to Thwart the Will of the People
Democrats might have good arguments for insisting that the Senate GOP share power, but "the will of the people" is not one of them
Putting Customers Second
Banking fees are becoming more expensive and less transparent thanks to Wal-Mart and Sen. Dick Durbin.
Obama's Solyndra Silence
The White House prepares to invoke executive privilege over its green energy boondoggle.
Pension Reform Goes Nowhere in California
Jerry Brown has proposed a decent list of reforms. Too bad the unions will never sign on.
