Politics

Noonan: Kvetch A Sketch

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
Some advice for Mitt Romney on how to live down his reputation.


Scott Gottlieb: The DEA's War on Pharmacies---and Pain Patients

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
Doctors and patients would suffer less if medical regulators were put in charge of monitoring opiate consumption and abuse.


Burton Malkiel: What Does the Prudent Investor Do Now?

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
At a yield of 2.25%, the 10-year U.S. Treasury is a sure loser. Stocks


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
Walter Williams on the failure of liberal politics to help impoverished, urban black Americans.


Strassel: Romney's Health-Care Duck

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
He can reassure voters if he mans up to the failures of the health law he signed as governor of Massachusetts.


American Scene: Whitney Houston died from drowning, coroner says

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Whitney Houston died from drowning, coroner says

LOS ANGELES | Whitney Houston died from drowning in a hotel bathtub, but coroner's officials said Thursday that heart disease and chronic cocaine use were contributing factors to the singer's death.

The release of autopsy findings ends weeks of speculation about what ...

Naomi Schaefer Riley: Defining the 'All-American Muslim'

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
The story of Islam in America today is a story of rapid assimilation and even secularization.


Emilio Azcarraga: Carlos Slim Needs More Competition

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
A Mexican trade: More open television and telecommunications.


A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Thursday, March 22, 2012:...

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Thursday, March 22, 2012:...

Education Secretary Duncan defends big increase in school funding

Education Secretary Arne Duncan used Thursday's appearance before a key House subcommittee to not only defend the Obama administration's request for a $1.7 billion increase in school funding for fiscal 2013, but also to rip the GOP budget proposal laid out by Rep. Paul Ryan earlier this week.

"However well-intentioned, ...

Bales faces 17 counts of murder in Afghan killings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military intends to tell Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled ...

Romney: Overturning health care law 'right thing'

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
ATLANTA (AP) -- Mitt Romney says he hopes the Supreme Court does "the right thing" and strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul....

Romney says May jobs report is 'devastating news'

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seizing on what he called a "devastating" jobs report, Mitt Romney argued Friday that the best prescription for economic recovery is to replace President Barack Obama....

Romney: Obama shouldn't be tried for treason

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Republican Mitt Romney says he doesn't think President Barack Obama should be tried for treason....

After Louisiana win, Santorum vows to fight on

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Rick Santorum is vowing to press forward with his presidential bid after a victory in Louisiana....

Obama: Euro crisis could affect my re-election

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is acknowledging that Europe's economic situation could have a spillover effect on his own re-election prospects....

A Question of Belonging

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
The gulf between Israeli and American Jews may widen in the next generation as the Orthodox rabbinate questions the validity of many conversions to Judaism. Jay P. Lefkowitz reviews "Pledges of Jewish Allegiance."


Santorum's best shot: Winning Iowa caucus _ again

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago....

Santorum's best shot: Winning Iowa caucus _ again

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 19:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago....
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