Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan (The Nation) 5 hours ago

The Nation - The Nation -- "The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th piece by Jane Perlez in the New York Times. (read more...)

The Bankrupt PIGS of Europe (Pat Buchanan) 12 hours ago

Pat Buchanan - They are called the PIGS — Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain. What they have in common is that all are facing deficits and debts that could bring on national defaults and break up the European Union. (read more...)

Frontier Suburbanite (Mona Charen) 12 hours ago

Mona Charen - Al Gore is responsible for this. He taunted Mother Nature. Consider this her memo: Don't Presume To Know What I Have in Store. (read more...)

Murtha: the Virtue and Vice of Congress (RealClearPolitics.com) 14 hours ago

RealClearPolitics.com - Jack Murtha was the virtue and vice of Congress. He was an old-school pol, the very archetypal backroom Washington dealmaker often derided today. But here was also the disappearing representative many long for: the lawmaker who crossed party lines and got his work done; the p.. (read more...)

A Rand Revival (RealClearPolitics.com) 14 hours ago

RealClearPolitics.com - Ayn Rand, the controversial Russian-born American writer, would have turned 105 years old on February 2. (read more...)

Ben Nelson To Filibuster Key Obama Labor Nominee (HuffingtonPost.com) 16 hours ago

HuffingtonPost.com - In a move that will further irritate his Democratic critics, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced on Monday evening that he would not just oppose but also help filibuster President Barack Obama's nominee to a key labor relations agency (read more...)

PARTY ON! THE REVOLT OF THE OLD (Richard Reeves) 19 hours ago

Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- My favorite Tea Party guy is Merle Firestone from Rainbow, Miss., who left home at 4 a.m. last Saturday morning to drive to Nashville. (read more...)

THE WEST NEEDS TO WATCH UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY IN IRAN (Georgie Anne Geyer) 19 hours ago

Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- Recently, events in Iran have been unusually hushed-up. Our nation's capital is too concerned with problems of banks and Republicans. The Europeans are tired of the seemingly endless Persian problems -- even the Russians seem to be. Yet this week may well prov.. (read more...)

Remembering The 'Murthquake': When John Murtha Took On The Iraq War (Huffin.. 20 hours ago

HuffingtonPost.com - The passing of Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.) on Monday from gall bladder surgery complications brought to an end one of the most dynamic careers of the political generation that emerged from the Vietnam War. (read more...)

John Murtha: The Old Soldier Who Said "Bring the Troops Home" (The Nation) 23 hours ago

The Nation - The Nation -- Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, the old soldier who looked like and in so many ways was a member of the Democratic establishment of another time, broke with the leadership of his own party and the opposition Republicans at a critical point in 2005 and said it was tim.. (read more...)