She’s got the whole world on her hands

By RICK HOROWITZ | 2/9

Just when you find yourself thinking that Sarah Palin couldn’t possibly do anything else to embarrass herself, there she is, caught red-handed—well, black- or blue-black-handed, anyway—smuggling the answers into the exam room.

Don’t ask

By KATHLEEN PARKER | 2/7

WASHINGTON -- Repeatedly, we hear the argument that disallowing gays and lesbians to be “openly gay” in the military is a denial of their civil rights. This argument isn’t only mistaken, it is misplaced.

The option is Obama’s

By DAVID BRODER | 2/7

WASHINGTON -- The Jan. 29 session in Baltimore between President Obama and House Republicans followed the shock of the Democrats losing the Kennedy seat in Massachusetts. The session has produced some signs of a changed tone in Washington.

Pro: While civilian trials are constitutional military tribunals are far more fitting

By JAMES JAY CARAFANO | 2/6

WASHINGTON -- Gitmo detainees won’t be packing their bags for the United States anytime soon. Likewise, we shouldn’t expend a lot of energy wrangling over the trial venue for the terrorists who planned 9/11.

Civil rights effort drew on all 5 First Amendment freedoms

By GENE POLICINSKI | 2/6

While civil disobedience and nonviolent action were the tools of protest in the civil rights era, religious liberty and free expression were the engines providing the power.

Con: Federal law requires airline bombing suspects to be tried in civilian courts

By JOHN B. QUIGLEY | 2/6

COLUMBUS, OHIO -- If the facts are as the press has reported them, there is a basis for charges against Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab under the federal criminal code.

Prioritizing public safety

By J.B. VAN HOLLEN | 2/5

The recent news that the state prosecutors have received a layoff notice from the Department of Administration is deeply troubling. Layoffs will only further exacerbate the negative effects of a prosecutor shortage that threatens the state’s ability to enforce criminal laws and do justice.

The great peasant revolt of 2010

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 2/5

WASHINGTON -- after stunning Democratic setbacks in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, Obama gave a stay-the-course State of the Union address.

The GOP says, “Two out of three?”

By RICK HOROWITZ | 2/4

“The main thing is, he had to admit we have ideas. None of that Pelosi-Reid crap about us being ‘the party of no ideas.’” “I hate it when they say that!”

Reform must come amid budget ruins

By DAVID BRODER | 2/4

WASHINGTON -- A sentence buried in the budget that President Obama submitted to Congress this week screamed for attention. “Household net worth fell from the third quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2009,” it said, “by $17.5 trillion or 26.5 percent, which is the equivalent to more than one year’s GDP.”