Technology evolves in unpredictable ways. When the first functioning lasers were created, scientists applauded the technical achievement, but no one knew what to do with them. They were called “a solution looking for a problem.” Today, you’d be hard pressed to find an American home without one or two buried …

In what appears to be an indirect upbraiding of Gen. McChrystal for speaking publicly on Afghanistan at a prominent think tank in London last week, Defense Secretary Gates on Monday said that any official taking part in the current White House debate on Afghanistan should provide his advice to the …

There has been a fundamental change in American foreign policy under President Obama– a change that until now, has been little recognized. One of the core principles of American policy, that has guided presidents of both parties over the past fifty years, has been largely reversed under the current administration. …

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:25:30 +0000 – By Noel SheppardAssociate Editor, Media Research Center’s Newsbusters.org Although the Obama-loving press cheered the House vote Wednesday night approving the new president’s economic stimulus package, the end result was a resounding defeat for a man who promised on the campaign trail to bring …

As we predicted last week, President Obama is using moral arguments to push through congress at lightning speed his health care reform bill. In every one of his many interviews over the last week, the president has explained his insistence on immediate passage of the bill by referencing his moral …

One job of journalists is, to borrow a horse racing phrase, to “call the turns” of developing news. Yesterday, the White House press corps called the end of the Obama honeymoon. By peppering the President with forceful questions on Iran and other big topics and by challenging some of his …

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:38:58 +0000 – By Christopher CoffeyRepublican Political Strategist Sen Dodd The DC Political Class Of great concern to all should be today’s revelation that only five (yes only five) Connecticut residents donated to Senator Dodd’s campaign this year. It suggests that Congress is controlled not by …

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:19:31 +0000 – By Dan Gainor Vice President Business Media Institute “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” In the 1970s, that phrase was made popular by the movie “Network,” where anchor Howard Beale parodied what TV news might become. In …

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:55:20 +0000 – By S.E. CuppRepublican Commentator/Author, “Why You’re Wrong About the Right” Last week I wrote up a facetious — but perfectly plausible — list of tasks President Obama could take on while tending to our ruined economy. In light of revelations that our economy …

Our nation is entering a dangerous new phase in its relationship with Iran. Its nuclear program is proceeding, it continues to threaten to destroy Israel, it maintains its support for international terror and it is wrongfully imprisoning Americans, including a pastor, Saeed Abedini, merely because of his Christian faith. We …