For too long, we’ve walled off too much of our own energy endowment. It’s time to drop those barriers and start doing more to help ourselves, and rely less on the tender mercies of dubious suppliers heading odious regimes.
During his long career, Sen. John McCain has found all sorts of ways to drive Republicans nuts. He did it again the other day with a couple of pratfalls on NBC’s “Today Show.”
Barack Obama’s position on the Iraq war may have helped him win the Democratic presidential nomination. But his inability to “change” could prove a significant vulnerability in the general election.
High oil prices have finally caused the government to take action. In the capital last week, top officials said they plan to exempt about 30 oil-and-gas fields from certain taxes in a bid to encourage more output. They also moved quickly to open up two new offshore fields for more drilling. Both fields could be producing oil and gas by next year.
Can Barack Obama win in November? That may come down to whether he can win in Missouri. Deep divisions that appeared in the Democratic electorate in the state's February primary make taking Missouri tough, but not impossible. for Obama in the general election.
While the Kansas City Power & Light District must prove its long-term financial viability, from an urban-design standpoint the project is an outstanding success, a fine example of effective civic art.
In town recently to give a lecture at Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff College, Colin Powell answered many questions from journalists. But the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't say whether he thought the United States would win in Iraq.
The panel that oversees Kansas state universities has decreed that campuses under its control shall be weapons-free. I wonder: Will students, faculty and staff feel safer?
As often happens when violence flares in Iraq, the recent fighting in Basra prompted media accounts that were almost diametrically opposed.
I’m still digesting Barack Obama’s recent interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo.
Geraldine Ferraro sure stepped on a political land mine the other day. Barack Obama, she said, wouldn’t be where he is today if he hadn’t been black.
Well, just shoot me. Economic growth is stalling, inflation is rising, commodity prices are shooting up, the dollar is falling and a new bomb seems to go off in the credit markets every morning.
One of my first encounters with the work of William F. Buckley Jr., who died last week, was a collection of essays entitled American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century, which Buckley edited and published in 1970.
So, what might a John McCain presidency look like? As improbable as this prospect seemed six months ago, it could happen.
The stock market is gyrating, credit markets are shaky and last month U.S. employment dropped for the first time in more than four years, raising fears of an impending recession.
Budget stories normally draw little interest, and even less with a presidential campaign heating up. But the massive spending bill recently passed by Congress presents President Bush with an enticing opportunity to knock the Capitol Hill spending culture on its keister.
In last year’s predictions, I was pessimistic about two key events. I thought the troop surge would only marginally improve the situation in Iraq by the end of 2007. Instead, the turnaround has been rapid and undeniable.
The biggest story of 2007? Easy: The ongoing success of the troop surge in Iraq. Violence is down, the Iraqi economy is growing, electricity production is on the rise and oil exports are increasing.
By now, Mark Funkhouser and his wife, Gloria Squitiro, are probably wondering how it got this crazy.
Where are the animals? That’s a frequent complaint about the Kansas City Zoo, and a valid one.
Next on the grocery-store list: syrup. Ah, here it is. I eyed the choices, then did a double-take. The high-end brands were at eye level, and boy, were they high end. One variety asked a price of nearly 10 bucks for about 12 ounces. Farther down, near the floor, I found what I wanted: the lowly store brand — twice the quantity for less than two dollars.
In politics, a few months is an eternity, as they say. The dramatic turnabout in Iraq is a classic illustration.
Supporters of a Missouri constitutional amendment are crying foul over the latest ballot summary by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.
