Texas' Booming Economy Boosts Perry
Despite all of his controversies, one issue should make Texas Gov. Rick Perry tough to defeat in November: the state's thriving economy. Gov. Rick Perry has said more than a few crazy things over the past couple of years, but there is one issue that Bill White is going to have a difficult time …Gingrich: Afghanistan "Won't End Well"
Visiting Iowa, former House speaker Newt Gingrich became the second major GOP figure to express doubts on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. When the former speaker of the House visits Iowa, it is news. When the former speaker of the House visits Iowa and then says that the War in Afghanistan …Enough With Levin's My Way or the Highway Conservatism
Mark Levin's insistence that his beliefs are the One True Path is as un-conservative as it gets. Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny is too "deep" and "sophisticated" for me. Or, at least, that's what Levin says, in his reply to my criticisms of where he is guiding the conservative movement: …More Bad News on Jobs
A new set of labor statistics reveals that the nation's bout with unemployment may be even worse than suspected. When it comes to economic conditions, I'm generally a glass-three-quarters-full kind of guy. Take unemployment. Quick—what was the risk in 2008 that an American worker would experienc…