Nobody should get too hung up over President Obama's decision, reported by Der Spiegel over the weekend, to cancel plans to attend next month's 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany's reunited capital has already served his purposes; why should he serve its?
read moreLiberal criticism of President Obama and the rest of the Democratic power structure has provoked an angry reaction among a few well-connected Democrats who talk anonymously to the press. "Can I speak freely about the liberal whiners?" asks a well-connected Democratic strategist. "These are the same people who have never participated in, much less won, a campaign, who have no idea what it takes to maintain a majority and keep a speaker of our party, who want Obama to kowtow to the loony Left, and then they're going to be the ones who say, 'What happened?' in November 2010, when we lose the House and possibly the Senate and maybe a lot of governorships."
read moreIt wasn't Halloween but just sheer disdain for a well known senator that led a Connecticut man to dress up in ninja gear and go on a warpath.
read morePresident Barack Obama's adviser on Muslim affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has provoked controversy by appearing on a British television show hosted by a member of an extremist group to talk about Sharia Law.
read moreThe first meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama has been postponed until after Obama's summit with Chinese leader Hu Jintao next month, a decision that "appears to be part of a strategy to improve ties with China," the Washington Post reports. The Dalai Lama's visit to D.C. this week will be the first since 1991 that doesn't include a presidential meeting.
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What's a backround check?
Making sure the Greek columns are in alignment behind Barack's podium.