Remember on Christmas day how that Al Qaedia terrorist tried to blow up a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit using explosives sewn into his underwear? Hundreds of people came perilously close to losing their lives. When the attack failed, decent humans breathed a sigh of relief. Republican officials, led by our own John Cornyn, celebrated. ‘What a...

Hardly. President Obama won 96 percent of the African-American vote last year and is almost certain to get those numbers again in 2012. Nevertheless, the Congressional Black Caucus recently criticized the President over economic policy and jobs. As a result, Obama found himself on the defensive in an interview with April Ryan of the Urban Radio Network. On...

In its current form, the Senate’s health care reform bill includes an individual mandate but does little to force private insurers to keep costs down. Progressives are outraged at Senate Democrats and the Obama administration. Why? Because liberals have compromised and compromised. It never seems to be enough. As Ezra Klein explains: . . . progressives had...

Companies like Halliburton/KBR force their employees to give up their constitutional right to access the courts. So if a Halliburton employee has a claim against the company, he or she can’t file a lawsuit. Employees are instead forced to fight it out in arbitration, a private process where there are no juries, no appeals, and Halliburton repeatedly pays...

Mayoral candidate Annise Parker stopped by the studio on this, the last day before Houston’s runoff election. Among the topics discussed: New polling putting her 13 points ahead of Gene Locke, plans for her first hundred days in office, what she thinks Mayor White got wrong, and the historic nature of her candidacy. That plus more health care and listener...