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EDITORIAL: The case against Kagan
Solicitor General Elena Kagan is too political, too leftist, too inexperienced and too disrespectful towards existing law to be confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. As Ms. Kagan's nomination hearings begin on Monday, what we now know about her should disturb fair-minded Americans, and should embolden moderate senators of both parties to avoid rubber-stamping her for a lifetime appointment. Published June 24, 2010
EDITORIAL: McChrystal’s final agony
Gen. Stanley McChrystal has ended his military career with a self-inflicted wound. He's the victim of a needless crisis in which President Obama seems more defensive than decisive. Published June 23, 2010
EDITORIAL: Revisionist history on unemployment
The Obama administration claims it bears no responsibility for America's persistently high unemployment rate. At least that's what Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said in a press briefing last week. President Obama went further in his Saturday morning radio address, accusing Republicans of making life difficult for the jobless millions. Don't believe the hooey. Published June 23, 2010
EDITORIAL: New Jersey tax revolt
It's crunch time for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The Republican newcomer won a surprise victory last year over incumbent Democrat Jon S. Corzine in a state where President Obama enjoyed a 15-point edge. It was Mr. Christie's signature campaign issue, tax reform, that brought him to the statehouse. Now the former U.S. Attorney has less than a month left to get his proposed constitutional amendment limiting property taxes onto the November ballot. Published June 23, 2010
Culture briefs
Voyeur Dickens Published June 23, 2010
EDITORIAL: Pelosi needs to diet
Fat Albert could pretend he wasn't breaking his diet if he refused to count the calories he ate - but that wouldn't make him any less dangerously bloated. By analogy, that's what the House Democratic leadership did by announcing yesterday that it won't pass any federal budget resolution this year. It's a stunningly irresponsible decision. Published June 22, 2010
EDITORIAL: Government shares blame for oil disaster
When allocating blame for the crisis in the Gulf, BP executives aren't the only ones with oil on their hands. The British petroleum giant should be held legally liable for damage caused by the oil leak, but only for costs related to its portion of the responsibility. At every step, government has hampered cleanup efforts, thereby exacerbating the problem. That's not BP's fault. Published June 22, 2010
EDITORIAL: The Golfer in Chief
President Obama frequently tees up at the golf course, which has a lot of Americans teed off. Published June 22, 2010
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Vietnam moment
The White House is clinging to President Obama's ill-conceived pledge to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan in July 2011, regardless of how the war is going at the time. In dogmatically standing by that pledge, Mr. Obama is virtually guaranteeing he will preside over America's second lost war. Published June 21, 2010
EDITORIAL: Rebooting the red-light-camera cash grab
Northern Virginia's streets are set to become more dangerous as a new law takes effect enhancing the profitability of red-light-camera schemes. The robotic ticket machines are already flashing in Arlington and Alexandria, but Arlington next month will become the first northern jurisdiction to issue tickets. Based on the program's dismal results from 1999 to 2005, there will be more people, not fewer, in area hospitals and more cars in body shops. Published June 21, 2010
EDITORIAL: Sestak-Romanoff scandal persists
The liberal media may have lost interest in the Obama administration's sleazy job offers to two potential Senate candidates, but the White House shouldn't breathe too easily just yet. Republican congressmen and alternative media remain on the hunt for answers, and for justice. Published June 21, 2010
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Muslim outreach fiasco
President Obama's outreach to the Muslim world has failed to reap the benefits once expected. The latest report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project indicated that Muslims in the Middle East are less impressed with Mr. Obama now than they were when he first delivered his message of hope and change to Cairo last year. Published June 18, 2010
EDITORIAL: Death tax threatens to kill jobs
While Congress weighs the potential of enacting yet another multibillion-dollar stimulus proposal in the name of creating jobs, it is overlooking a legislative time bomb. Unless tax law is modified, mom-and-pop stores could close and family farms disappear, taking with them jobs far more real than those found in stimulus package make-work programs. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, has sounded the alarm over tax-relief provisions that will expire at year's end. It is perhaps most important to the health of our economy to prevent the estate tax, more popularly known as the "death tax," from coming back to life. Published June 18, 2010
EDITORIAL: Move over global warming, BP disaster is here
The left can't "hide the decline" in world temperatures for much longer. Knowing public faith in global warming is on the wane, President Obama was determined to adapt his message Tuesday night. The BP oil spill is now the reason to boost the subsidies to his friends who make windmills and solar panels. Mr. Obama expressed his support for legislation that "finally makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America's businesses." Published June 18, 2010
Briefly: Asia
North apologizes over Chinese deaths Published June 17, 2010
World Scene
The pope met Thursday with the head of the Legionaries of Christ before an expected announcement about who will take charge of the conservative order scarred by revelations that its founder sexually abused seminarians and fathered at least one child. Published June 17, 2010
Culture Briefs
It would be hypocritical, or at least inauthentically self-deprecating, for 'Sunset Boulevard' to suggest that sound, and more specifically words, cheapened cinema. Published June 17, 2010
Refreshed ‘11 Azera arrives with improved fuel economy, more horsepower
The 2011 Hyundai Azera adds power and efficiency to a model known for its luxurious appointments. The updated large sedan now includes an advanced six-speed automatic transmission and other powertrain refinements raising the bar on fuel economy in its class, while still gaining horsepower. Published June 17, 2010
2010 SRX gives Cadillac a winner
Since its debut last year, the all-new 2010 Cadillac SRX has posted the largest gains in its segment for both sales and projected resale value, establishing SRX as a leader among mid-size luxury crossovers. Published June 17, 2010
1948 Plymouth Club Coupe still beautiful
Six decades ago, a young Clayton Miller saw a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe Club Coupe and remembers thinking, "That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Published June 17, 2010
