Perhaps it is the way of political cycles but nine months into what was billed as a new era in American politics, Barack Obama is poised to fail his first electoral test as President.  Next week, Virginians are expected to vote overwhelmingly for Republican Bob McDonnell to be their next Governor.  Polls suggest that the bellwether state that gave [...]...

Back in the 1980s, when the unilateral nuclear disarmament and socialist workers groups were campaigning against the ‘peace through strength’ policies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, there was an uneasy feeling about the motivations of the left-wing activists and those who intellectualized with them.  Were they misguided in their pacifism or actually covertly working [...]...

Recent attacks on prominent critics of President Obama’s policies may give some satisfaction to supporters of the Democratic Party.  But is it a smart political move to put the Administration’s values under the public spotlight and provoke greater scrutiny of its controversial plans?    On Wednesday, Democrats forced an investment group to drop popular conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh [...]...