No Argument: Thomas Keeps 5-Year Silence  —  WASHINGTON — The anniversary will probably be observed in silence.  —  A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.

YAF kicks out Ron Paul  —  A prominent conservative activist group has given Ron Paul the boot.  —  The Young Americans for Freedom has voted the Texas congressman off its national advisory board in the aftermath of his straw poll win at CPAC over his positions on national security issues.

What Egypt Can Teach America  —  It's a new day in the Arab world — and, let's hope, in American relations to the Arab world.  —  The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the last few weeks, but in the entire Middle East for decades.

Egypt: Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune  —  Hosni Mubarak used the 18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into untraceable accounts overseas, Western intelligence sources have said.  —  The price of Brent crude rose sharply early …

The Dirty Little Secrets of Search  —  PRETEND for a moment that you are Google's search engine.  —  Someone types the word “dresses” and hits enter.  What will be the very first result?  —  There are, of course, a lot of possibilities.  Macy's comes to mind.  Maybe a specialty chain, like J. Crew or the Gap.

Egypt's Military Dissolves Parliament; Calls for Vote  —  CAIRO — The Egyptian military, for the first time publicly laying out the terms of its rule, said Sunday that it had dissolved the country's parliament, suspended its constitution and called for elections in six months …

How to Think About the Tea Party  —  On February 19, 2009, when the finance commentator Rick Santelli indulged in a rant against the newly unveiled “stimulus” bill on the CNBC cable network and called for a demonstration in Chicago modeled on the Boston Tea Party, he fired a shot heard round the country.

AP Source: Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's budget plan would cut $100 billion from Pell Grants and other higher education programs over a decade through belt-tightening and use the savings to keep the maximum college financial aid award at $5,550, an administration official said.

Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt  —  For nearly three weeks, the Biden/Clinton/Obama policy concerning the tottering Mubarak regime was contradictory, incoherent, and predicated entirely on the perceived pulse of the demonstrations.  Finally, the confused administration seemed …

To Defend the Accused in a Tucson Rampage, First a Battle to Get Inside a Mind  —  TUCSON — Judy Clarke, the public defender for the man charged in the Tucson shooting, Jared L. Loughner, has made motions on his behalf and entered a plea for him of not guilty.

Egypt May Have Just Won The Future.  —  I've been at CPAC all day, but my mind has been preoccupied with events in Egypt.  There's no guarantee that the military, now that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, will be willing to relinquish its own power when the time comes.

Ryan defends proposed GOP cuts  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended proposed Republican budget cuts to popular domestic programs Sunday as necessary to maintaining fiscal health.  —  “No matter how popular sounding these programs are, they jeopardize our children's future,” …

Eat the Future  —  The public says it wants to see government spending cut — and the Tea Partiers really, really want spending cut — but people don't want to cut any program they like; and they like almost everything.  What's a conservative to do?  —  The obvious answer, once you think about it …

Allen West on ‘the dawn of a new America’  —  Washington (CNN) - Freshman GOP Rep. Allen West of Florida outlined three “pillars of conservatism” that will lead to the “new dawn of a new America” in a rousing speech given to close the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday.