Here's the story I teased this morning!  An ABC affiliate ran a picture of a phony cover of Paula Broadwell's biography of General Petraeus.

Russia is ready to capitalize on that “flexibility” Obama promised!  Sources say that Obama is planning to visit Vladimir Putin.

This is not a joke: The United States will re-join the United Nations’ Human Rights Council … the same council that has called for a boycott of companies that do business in Israel.

A new column from Thomas Sowell: Mitt Romney now joins the long list of the kinds of presidential candidates favored by the Republican establishment-- nice, moderate losers, people with no coherently articulated vision, despite how many ad hoc talking points they may have.

One more new column from Thomas Sowell about the election: Is Demography Destiny?

This is a great column from Victor Davis Hanson … A Country Unhinged.

As things continue to unfold, it turns out that the Benghazi consulate may have been a CIA “black site.”

The federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit in October, an indication that the nation is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus annual deficit.

Petitions seeking White House approval to ‘secede’ have now expanded to citizens in 47 states.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says that he doesn’t support the effort by some Texas residents who are petitioning to leave the United States.

The secession petition now has a counter petition calling for any Americans who signed the petitions to be stripped of their citizenship.

Alan West could make a comeback in Congress … in Georgia.

The looming crisis of liberalism.

Is 18% of GDP revenue a realistic number going forward?

General Motors loses $49,000 for every Chevy Volt it builds.

“Green” jobs are on the decline over the last two quarters.

California's vote on tax increases will only accelerate the number of people who will leave California to other states with better tax climates.

Is America a ‘center-libertarian nation’?

Aside from the conservative rebellions of 1994 and 2010, the political argument of the past two decades has been between those who want to transform America fundamentally, and those who merely want to reform it, to make it kinder and gentler.

Take a look at this map and how the fiscal cliff tax increase will affect your family.

It’s already starting … 12 possible 2016 Democrat presidential contenders.

Figurines of Barack Obama are appearing in Nativity scenes in shops in Naples, Italy for the Christmas season.