1. Atlas statue in Portmeirion, Wales, October 5, 2008

    Obama Right About “Defining Issue” of His Time

    The choice in next year’s election is between the president’s welfare state and traditional, small government Republicanism.

  1. Atlas statue in Portmeirion, Wales, October 5, 2008

    Medicaid, Medicare Chief Gone; Good Riddance

    The Obama Administration has withdrawn Dr Donald Berwick’s nomination to head America’s public health care programs.

  1. Texas governor Rick Perry speaks at Vermeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa, November 1, 2011 (Getty Images/Steve Pope)

    Perry’s Plan to “Uproot and Overhaul” Washington

    The Texas governor and Republican presidential contender would eliminate entire departments of government and cap federal spending.

  1. Atlas statue in Portmeirion, Wales, October 5, 2008

    Obama Punts, Delays Pipeline Decision

    The administration delays final approval of a multibillion dollar pipeline project until after the president’s reelection campaign.

  1. Atlas statue in Portmeirion, Wales, October 5, 2008

    Making Poverty Permanent

    The Census Bureau’s new system of measuring income inequality makes poverty statistically permanent in America.