Here’s a must-read from the Wall Street Journal: Just as he promised, Obama has fundamentally transformed America.

Here’s another must-read from the Weekly Standard: The arc of the Obama presidency bends towards failure.

The incomparable Mark Steyn says that the next president must government more like Calvin Coolidge than Barack Obama.

Dear Ruler wants to “focus on improving the employability of the unemployed, not creating jobs for them.”  He also says that he expects to be judged in the 2012 election over his governance of the American economy.

The Obama administration is still issuing waivers for ObamaCare.

A new Rasmussen poll shows that 71% of Americans say the bigger problem with our welfare programs is that too many people get welfare who should not be getting it.

One of the factors Rick Perry repeatedly cites as playing a central role in the Texas economic success is lawsuit reform and the implementation of a “loser pays” system.

The Perry-Obama race (if it turns out that way) would be a contest between two starkly different visions of how to save America.

Had private employers in Texas not created 775,900 new jobs since Rick Perry became governor, the nation would now be down more than 2 million jobs.

Karl Rove believes that Sarah Palin will enter the GOP race around Labor Day.

Herman Cain says that his business experience ‘is much broader and much more extensive’ than Mitt Romney’s.

Overall, the number of Americans employed by governments nationwide declined by 37,000 during July.  Meanwhile, the number of people employed by government in Washington, D.C. increased in the month of July.

Raising the minimum wage wiped out 7 years of progress on the jobs front.

Charles Krauthammer explains why Obama’s excuses to blame the economy on “bad luck” holds no water.

Obama is abusing the Constitution and his presidential authority with his latest move to grant amnesty by executive fiat.

On his BlunderBus tour, Obama encountered a farmer who challenged him on impending government regulations that will affect his business.  Turns out the farmer does have reason to be concerned.  Somebody should inform Dear Ruler.

For those of you who missed it, here’s my latest column in the AJC about what the Atlanta city government is doing to private vendors trying to sell merchandise outside Turner Field.  Your government at work!

Here’s an interesting question to consider: What Would Hillary Clinton Have Done?

A member of the ObamaMedia tells us that Barack Obama can cure what ails us with "a lot of very populist rhetoric."

New York City tried to ban the sale of soda to people using food stamps.  The feds have rejected the ban saying it is “too complex” to implement.

Weren’t we told that if we didn’t have a football season, that crime would increase?  So much for that theory …