Israeli ground forces have entered Gaza, further raising the stakes in what has, so far, been an extremely well-planned and, apparently, successful attempt to damage the military capability of Hamas. The incursion “won’t be easy and it won’t be short,” according to Defense Minister and presidential candidate Ehud Barak. Which sounds like trash talking to [...]

Charles Krauthammer has an absolutely compelling, and completely unexpected, argument for a gasoline tax in the Weekly Standard. He proposes a $1 per gallon tax that would be revenue neutral, 100% redistributed into payroll taxes and social security checks. This is not a new idea. (I wrote a column proposing a gas tax-payroll tax swap [...]

Here we are, just two days into 2009, and already we have a Flying While Muslim incident to discuss. Yesterday at DCA, nine Muslims (identifiable with long beards and hijab, except for the three kids under age eight) were removed from an Air Tran flight. According to an Air Tran spokesman, “people got on and made [...]

Get ready for the standoff surrounding Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty. The best option, of course, would be for all sides to sit down [...]

In many ways, the real beginning of the Obama Administration will not be on January 20, but rather, on Tuesday, when the new Congress shows up to begin work on his agenda. Except that may not be what gets everyone’s attention that day. Senate leaders say they have prepared a contingency plan for what they [...]