The curse of presidents and generals is that they cannot outlive all the pundits and historians who will revisit their every decision. As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the war in Iraq, essays assessing what happened in that conflict and the “lessons learned” abound. But the lessons drawn …

President Obama is at it again. Unable to manage the government or the economy effectively, he threatens to victimize taxpayers and stick Republicans with the blame. It appears likely sequestration will require $85 billion in cuts to defense and non-entitlement government spending. Unwilling to acknowledge the government has a spending …

Accepting his party’s renomination for president on Sept. 6, Barack Obama boasted, “Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.” The crowd roared its approval. It’s now painfully clear that someone wasn’t listening. Five days later, terrorists attacked in Benghazi, killing Ambassador Christopher Stevens …

On the heels of the divisive health care debate, now comes proposed financial reform. I know it sounds boring, but it is important to your life, so let me break it down in terms that even I can understand. Most Americans understand that the current vicious recession was caused in …

In a day and age where it snows in Florida, you’d think more people would turn to a hot drink to kill the chill. Despite the subzero temperatures, and what seem like mile-deep snow drifts clogging practically every city east of the Mississippi this winter, people still tend to stick …

Washington, D.C. – No nation has ever had a better military than today’s all-volunteer U.S. Armed Forces. Though I wouldn’t trade anything for the young Americans I served with in Vietnam or afterwards, those presently wearing America’s uniforms are the brightest, best-educated, best-trained and combat-experienced military the world has ever …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Loss for Words A California school district has declared a war of words on the dictionary. Menifee Union school district has yanked all copies of the Merriam-Webster dictionary from its shelves after a curious elementary student found the phrase “oral sex.” The …

Sunny San Diego may be synonymous with a justifiably famous zoo, but there’s far more going on in this city that manages to be both action-packed and laid back. Visitors are handsomely rewarded with plentiful beaches that hold appeal for avid surfers and sandcastle builders, acres of green golf courses, …

Daniel Angerer is used to getting attention for the food served at his restaurant, Klee Brasserie — but the New York chef is making more headlines than ever over a new dish that has its source in his fiancee’s brassiere. “Mommy’s Milk Cheese” is exactly what it sounds like: cheese …

Those racist cops were at it again. In New York, after the failed car bombing they were just randomly frisking people down with no rhyme or reason, patrolling for “different looking” people when — miraculously — they were able to apprehend the bomber, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, just before he left …