President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are.

The only person who was a strong public opponent of the war in Iraq is Barack Obama. The other people weren't. So I can understand why all the left is mad, because they're being shut out.

Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

Thomas Sowell is America's foremost public intellectual and for good reason. His work covers almost every subject imaginable- race, economics, Marxism, ethnic groups, immigration patterns, just to name a few. He is persuasive and provocative and always scintillating. I've read all his books and never been even faintly disappointed. Black Rednecks & White Liberals is no exception.

Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.