When Timothy Geithner worked at the International Monetary Fund, he managed a feat that probably very few Americans have even contemplated: he got himself reimbursed by his employer for taxes he never paid. You see, foreigners working at the IMF…
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — The back, right corner of the Kirn Middle School auditorium erupted. After hours of voting, haggling, and a recount, John Edwards had been declared the winner of the 9th precinct caucus in Pottawattamie County. He edged…
DUBUQUE, Iowa — “Those guys are evil,” the husband said, screwing up his face, while his wife frowned but nodded in agreement. “Anybody who came against them — they were just destroyed.” To my conservative ears, it sounded like they…
This past week, the average price for a gallon of gasoline rose above $3 for the first time since the brief post-Katrina spike. On cue, politicians, journalists, and liberal agitators are crying “price gouging,” and telling us we need federal…
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. New London should indeed be alarming to all homeowners and business owners, who have now learned that they’ll own their property only as long as their local government thinks they should. But…
BERLIN — A line of cobblestones in the street marks where the Wall once ran through the middle of town. Just on the East German side of Friedrichstrasse, in an empty lot, is a field of crosses honoring those who…
The Philadelphia Inquirer writer had a sense of humor when he wrote about Arlen Specter’s “charm offensive” to win back the love of his party and shore up what was once thought inevitable: his election to chairman of the Senate…
DUBUQUE, Iowa — As a New Yorker, it is easy for me to get snobby about some things. We Big Apple natives tend to turn up our noses at pizza in 99 percent of the country, and we are skeptical…
BOSTON — With Ron Reagan’s address last night, the Democratic convention shifted from hokey artifice to downright dishonesty and flagrant falsehood. The reason for having the late former president’s son speak was obvious. It had nothing to do with bipartisan…
WASHINGTON — Forget the national polls. Forget Pennsylvania, Missouri, Arizona, and Oregon. Forget the lists of 16 or 18 swing states being tossed about in the press. You can tell who will be our next president by watching only six…