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I had recently moved to Los Angeles when the nation received the news in early June of 2004 that former President Ronald Reagan’s health was rapidly declining. In true LA fashion, helicopters began flying overhead and news trucks zipped near my apartment on the West Side. I knew Reagan’s home was fairly close by, but until that day, I didn’t realize how close: a mere two miles away.2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-15T11:40:04ZRandall DeSoto

There isn’t a single economic stat that Obama can point to when it comes to government spending where he has not outdone the prior administration.2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-15T11:40:04ZJeff Carter

Kudos to Paul Ryan for making the obvious point about make-believe spending cuts. And Grover is correct about the failure of previous budget deals. 2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-15T11:40:04ZDaniel J. Mitchell

t least half of the North Korean Scud launchers are built upon heavy duty Japanese trucks used in drilling that the North Koreans converted into Transporter-Erector-Launchers, or TELs. 2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-15T11:40:04ZNight Watch

The sand dune lizard victory should be an example for concerned citizens everywhere—regardless of the issue. Wake up, show up, stand up, and speak up. 2012-06-15T00:01:00-04:002012-06-15T11:40:04ZMarita Noon

Wars of the future will be very different from wars of the past. Everyone gets that. What many do not grasp: The present war also is very different from wars of the past.2012-06-14T13:48:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZCliff May

This is the worst of times for President Obama. He’s a president on the ropes, up for re-election in the worst economy since the Great Depression with no successes to run on and a Supreme Court who may rule this month his signature initiative Obamacare is unconstitutional. And just when you think Obama can’t step into any more proverbial poop . . . well, he does.2012-06-14T13:11:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZCrystal Wright

One of my favorite controversialists is back, Bob Woodward, with his sidekick Carl Bernstein. Sunday in "The Washington Post," they wrote that Richard Nixon was more hideous than we have heretofore known. The 37th president conducted five wars while in office, according to the boys, and those do not even include his minor fracases, the Cold War against the Soviet Union and the Vietnam War. 2012-06-14T12:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZEmmett Tyrrell

Don't you find it odd that the word extremism seems to apply only to conservative Republicans? Terminology often drives political discourse and those who control the terms often determine the outcome.2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZCal Thomas

Congress can start using psychology couches for corporate testimony every time a company tied to Obama has a bad quarter or files for bankruptcy. That way executives can confess, apologize, plead the Fifth and quicken the process of “healing,” while satisfying their government overlords. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZJohn Ransom

Italy’s prime minister Mario Monti "forcefully denied" Italy would be next in line to seek a eurozone bailout. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZMike Shedlock

The source of European optimism is difficult to divine with Italy queuing up for a bank bailout after Greece and Spain. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZChris Poindexter

Who does Barack Obama listen to? 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZMichael Barone

Daily reporting from Afghanistan indicates the Taliban have sustained at least 100 attacks and security incidents per day since the start of the spring offensive. That is a high number for a group supposedly on the ropes. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZNight Watch

Outside of the fact that you have nothing to do and nowhere to be, unemployment can be pretty sweet.2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZBob Goldman

If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you'd think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or perhaps a planned secret government mission to rescue innocents. Neither is the case.2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZJudge Andrew Napolitano

A great deal of time and energy and gigabytes have been spent in the conservative media over how tax money is used and abused in this nation, which is in fact a republic and whose leaders are supposed to answer directly to the people who elected them. There would be no checks and balances on a global tax. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZLincoln Brown

This is an exercise in stupidity. It gives the “fairness” people a bully pulpit to try and dictate CEO salaries and bank practices. 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZJeff Carter

It's no secret that I have been and remain a vocal critic of Mitt Romney. To say that his conservative bona fides are suspect is an understatement. I have tremendous respect for a number of fellow evangelical Christians who say that they will not support his presidential candidacy.2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZMatt Barber

My dad’s car had an auto loan which also came from the bank. I asked, “How could I get my $3.00 back if it had been lent out to others?” 2012-06-14T00:01:00-04:002012-06-14T20:40:03ZBill Tatro