Joseph Lawler

Two things from President Obama’s press conference this morning indicate that a worthwhile “big deal” might still be attainable in…

Ben Franklin’s famous quote that “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither…

  On the Kudlow Report, Tim Pawlenty defended a hard-line approach to the debt ceiling negotiations, while Larry Kudlow challenged…

In an excellent essay for National Affairs on the importance of the “new commanding heights” of the economy (health care and…

President Obama will hold an 11 a.m. press conference on the debt ceiling (Hot Air) The Senate Gang of Six…

David Frum: “[T]hree wars is a lot even for America. It makes even a hawk like me wonder: has the…

President Obama will meet with congressional leaders again to discuss the debt, before doing local TV interviews (Politico) The Washington…

In a Bloomberg View op-ed, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff explain why now is a bad time for the government to borrow, even…

We’re going to miss these moments when Ron Paul leaves Congress. Here he is asking Fed chairman Ben Bernanke whether…

President Obama will meet with Congressional leadership in the late afternoon for more talks on the deficit and debt ceiling….