By J.C. Watts It is reality that can no longer be dismissed by President Obama: Americans consume 25 percent of the world’s oil and 45 percent of its gasoline. I’ve said that before and I will continue to repeat it. So why does his administration continue to wage war on our [...]

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The recent upstate New York special election to Congress was won by a Democrat who used scare tactics against the Medicare reform plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Even though the Ryan plan saves Medicare from bankruptcy in 12 years and doesn't affect anyone age 55 and over, elements of the mainstream media went into overdrive portraying Republicans as villains. One infamous liberal TV ad depicted a Ryan-lookalike pushing a struggling wheelchair-bound grandmother off a cliff. I believe that is a glimpse into the Democrats' political playbook for 2012.

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With Washington on the hook to fix the nation's dangerous fiscal situation, "tax the rich!" has become a favorite, feel-good mantra for many. After all, why cut spending when it would be so easy for wealthy Americans to send in a little more of all that money they have laying around?

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Polls show a growing number of Americans, burdened by steadily rising gasoline prices and tired of foreign energy dependence, want to encourage domestic exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas.

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the need for lawmakers to tackle the federal government's biggest budget problems, starting with Social Security, the largest spending program. Today I'm going to talk about the second largest spending program - but the one in the most trouble - Medicare, which provides health insurance and prescription drug coverage to approximately 47 million elderly and disabled Americans.

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As elected officials, taxpayers and parents confront daunting challenges facing public education, consider these sobering statistics from the new documentary movie by Davis Guggenheim titled "Waiting for Superman."

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I once saw it said that "confidence is the feeling you sometimes have before you fully understand the situation."

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Seventy-seven years ago this month newly inaugurated President Franklin Roosevelt told a weary nation, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

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By J.C. Watts Who would have thought as 2011 began that Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, a U.S. ally for nearly three decades, would be removed after massive street demonstrations and his military’s promise to honor the people’s demands for more democracy. Yet it happened and the ramifications are being [...]

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Prior to the State of the Union speech, many political pundits were busy assuring their audiences that President Obama would focus his message on jobs and the economy.

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