Here we go again … The White House plans to ask Congress by the end of the week for an increase in the government's debt ceiling.

Lloyd Marcus has some final thoughts on Herman Cain’s bid for the presidency: “Brother Cain, I just want to say one more time how much millions of us truly appreciated and thank you for stepping up to save our great country.”

Here are some random thoughts from the incomparable Thomas Sowell.

Apparently Newt Gingrich is no longer playing Mr. Nice Candidate.

If you want to see how ObamaCare is affecting job creation, start with this …

Speaking of ObamaCare, take a look at this new fee, which goes into effect in 2012.

Thomas Friedman gives his opinion on what people are looking for in the next president. The wealthy paying more, because "they've had a great two decades," is one of his ideas.

As was true of Obama's 2008 "hope and change" campaign, "fairness" has the political virtue of meaning whatever one wishes it to mean.

As if government regulations weren’t bad enough, new studies show the quality of federal regulation is plummeting.

Since World War II, Washington has been in the enviable position of distributing more benefits to more people without requiring ever-steeper taxes. Now, this governing formula no longer works.

Starting Jan. 1, getting shark fins, caffeinated beer, cough syrup or a tan is going to be tougher than it was in 2011.  Here is a list of laws set to take effect in 2012 in California.

It is accepted wisdom that America is in decline, but what about its strengths?

As we inch toward the Iowa caucuses, Obama’s Children are vowing to cause a scene. 

Your tax dollars at work … $682,570 of taxpayer money to fund a research project studying how shrimp perform on treadmills.  Or how about $20 million to “better connect” the people of St. Louis with an urban park.