Iran has test fired the new Sejjil 2 missile this morning. Iran has successfully tested an optimized version of the solid-fuel Sejjil-2 deterrent missile as part of its long-term plans to defend the country's borders. The high-speed...

There's two pieces of breaking economic data. First, housing starts for November just came out and they disappointed a bit. New U.S. housing starts rose but were lower than expected in November as construction activity for single family dwellings...

When I interviewed Wade Rathke for the third time, he recounted a story from the 1970's in which proponents of welfare reform wound up killing a reform package because it didn't go far enough. He also said that the public option wasn't a litmus test...

Al Gore is involved in a global warming bruhaha. In his speech, Gore told the conference: "These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr. Maslowski that there is a 75 percent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer...

It appears near certain that in the next year some or all of the GITMO detainees will wind up in Thomson, Illinois. Republicans were lining up to criticize the Obama administration Tuesday over its decision to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay,...