Ron Paul: President Obama Is Not A Socialist  —  Near the end of the third day of this year's Southern Republican Leadership Conference, it was time for Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) to take the stage.  Paul, fresh off his victory in the CPAC straw poll, gave a characteristically fired-up speech …

Op-Ed Contributor: Confederate History Month Blurs the Truth about the Civil War  —  IN 1956, nearly a century after Fort Sumter, Robert Penn Warren went on assignment for Life magazine, traveling throughout the South after the Supreme Court's school desegregation decisions.  Racism was thick, hope thin.

Worlds Without Women  —  When I was in Saudi Arabia, I had tea and sweets with a group of educated and sophisticated young professional women.  —  I asked why they were not more upset about living in a country where women's rights were strangled, an inbred and autocratic state more like an archaic men's club than a modern nation.

Lieberman thrilled by prospect that Obama nominee could make Supreme Court ‘slightly less liberal.’  —  The Washington Post writes that, because of “the current political climate,” Justice John Paul Stevens' “decision to step down this summer will almost certainly mean a more conservative Supreme Court …

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink  —  Behavioral economics—the governing theory of Obama's nanny state.  —  Among the many transformative experiences President Obama says he has planned for us, one in particular has gone relatively unnoticed.  He has vowed to remake the methods by which the federal …

Met allows Islamic protesters to throw shoes  —  SCOTLAND YARD has bowed to Islamic sensitivities and accepted that Muslims are entitled to throw shoes in ritual protest — which could have the unintended consequence of politicians or the police being hit.  —  News of the concession …

Huckabee Compares Gays To Drug Users, Says They're Unfit To Adopt Kids Because ‘Children Are Not Puppies’  —  Former Arkansas governor and current Fox News personality Mike Huckabee gave an interview with the College of New Jersey's magazine The Perspective in which he made clear …

Interest Rates Have Nowhere to Go but Up  —  Even as prospects for the American economy brighten, consumers are about to face a new financial burden: a sustained period of rising interest rates.  —  That, economists say, is the inevitable outcome of the nation's ballooning debt …

Brooks: Let Them Eat Work … I know, I know, I was supposed to lay off David Brooks for a while.  But how can this latest gem of his possibly be ignored?  I'm beginning to absolutely love this guy — for sheer comedy value, he really doesn't have any peers at this point …

Unlearning Whiteness  —  TDK directs us to Jonathan Kay's account of his visit to a “Thinking About Whiteness” anti-racism workshop, where he struggles to learn the rules of cultivated lunacy.  Among the teachings on offer are, … And, … Ah, very clever.  Guilt in all directions.

Polish president among 96 killed in plane crash  —  All 96 passengers, including top Polish officials, dead after presidential aircraft crashes in thick fog  —  The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife were among 96 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach …