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At West Point, President Obama told Americans that we must send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. In promising to draw down force levels in 2011, he projected confidence that the military and civilian surges, better training of Afghan soldiers and policemen and pressure for political reform would allow for a rapid and substantial Afghanization of the war. Full Story »

Democrats lived down the Great Society's excesses for decades. Yet today's Democrats appear unable to even get basic liberalism right. A historic progressive moment has passed. The cost is millions of jobs and over the long term, the perception of liberalism's efficacy. Full Story »

While most called with congratulations, more than a few people offered their condolences last November when I was elected Governor of Delaware. Full Story »

For most of the public policy decisions in the first 10 months of his presidency, President Obama has enjoyed the backing of the liberal wing of his party. However, Obama's latest move -- sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan -- places him at odds with many of his most ardent supporters in Congress. Full Story »

Barack Obama has to show his heart is in the fight. Full Story »

President Barack Obama will announce his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime time address Tuesday night. Much of the speculation and debate thus far has focused on the number of troops the commander-in-chief will dispatch to Afghanistan. However, no strategy-- regardless of the number of troops involved--will likely succeed if we are not willing to see it through to completion. Full Story »

It’s become something of an article of faith within the lay punditry that high unemployment and a weak recovery will seriously weigh down the Democrats’ performance in the 2010 midterm elections. People vote with their pocketbooks, the adage goes, and their pocketbooks are likely to be awfully thin in November of 2010. Full Story »

Liberals have long sought the professorial president. But Barack Obama is starting to betray some of the vices of that virtue. Full Story »

In early October, I covered a breaking story about evidence of corruption in the basic temperature records maintained by key scientific advocates of the theory of man-made global warming. Full Story »

Chicago is known for a special brand of justice. Full Story »