There are no disciples of small government in the Democratic Party, and Barack Obama fits right in. His economic program is based on the assumption that the economy is to the president what a marionette is to a puppeteer, requiring his direction and responding to his every wish. Anyone partial to free markets, restrained government, fiscal discipli...

To all the Obamaites who continue to send e-mails asserting that Sen. John McCain was given the questions prior to Saturday's forum at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, please give it a rest. Even a child can figure out that if you are going to a church that is socially conservative, abortion and gay marriage are going to come up. I didn't ev...

Oh, no, not another "town hall" meeting. Or at least, that's how I first reacted when I learned Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church intended to host an Obama-versus-McCain town hall forum at the evangelist's California church. But the rules, this time at least, seemed intriguing. Warren intended to ask each candidate one-on-one question...

This week, my newest book, "None of the Above: Why 2008 Is the Year To Cast the Ultimate Protest Vote," hits bookstores across America, while I begin a media tour to promote it. I will be talking about many reasons for rejecting both major-party nominees for the presidency this year. Among them: —Both Barack Obama and John McCain ...

I hate to rain on John McCain's parade right after he trounced Barack Obama at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church forum, for which I heartily applaud him, but McCain's trial balloon consideration of a pro-choice running mate demands a response. The prospect of an Obama presidency is so horrifying that many conservatives have temporarily put aside thei...

There is a palpable unease within the Democratic Party. After all, why hasn't Barack Obama pulled away from John McCain in the polls? Here we are with a struggling economy, an unpopular war, high gas prices, mortgage meltdown and an old coot with a wicked temper running for the Republicans. Shouldn't the urbane and unflappable Obama be ahead by at ...

Many years ago, when I was a college student, I took a course from John Kenneth Galbraith. On the first day of class, Professor Galbraith gave a brilliant opening lecture, after which the students gave him a standing ovation. Galbraith kept on giving brilliant opening lectures the whole semester. But, instead of standing ovations, there were now dw...

The press is shocked that Barack Obama has "yet to close the sale," given the "political logic" that favors Democrats in this election. They must not have been paying attention during the final segment of the primary season, when Hillary Clinton consistently thrashed the hollow superstar. That said, Obama's handlers betray not t...

KABUL, Afghanistan — This place should have had real appeal to Sen. Barack Obama. The poverty of the Afghan people is evident everywhere. Racked by decades of Soviet occupation, civil war and an oppressive Taliban theocracy, the country is a veritable centerpiece for one of Obama's legislative objectives: a frontal assault on global poverty. ...

I suppose I have to accept the insanity that some glassy-eyed Republicans are considering voting for Barack Obama, but I don't have to like it. Whether or not this is an example of the liberal media trying to create rather than report news, The New York Times is reporting that small enclaves of Republicans are meeting around the country to discuss ...