The greatest damage from the Deepwater Horizon disaster has resulted from the federal government's attempt to exploit the crisis by promoting a political agenda, yet backlash in Congress shows that the American people can make up their own minds better than government can.

Secretary Geithner argued that we have forgotten the reasons that the Dodd-Frank Act was necessary, and that's why the act has become so controversial. What the secretary seems to have missed is that we have learned a lot in the intervening years. The administration's rush to judgment on the financial crisis is a case study in why it would have been worthwhile to wait for the facts.

Forget Mao, the Chinese are channeling Rahm Emmanuel. President Obama's first chief of staff popularized the dictum that "you never want a serious crisis to go to waste" back in 2008. And it has been taken to heart by China's leadership, which sees America's deficit crisis as...

To avoid the next financial crisis, we must understand what caused the one from which we are now slowly emerging, and take action to avoid the same mistake in the future.

Democrats are sure—absolutely sure—that a government shutdown stemming from a budget fight will play right into their hands. But with a president whose polls are dropping just as fast as his ability to sell an agenda, Dems are wrong to accept any argument that boils down to "Well, that’s the way it always works."

President Obama's charge for NASA to tell Muslims how good they are at math is representative of the catch-22 facing liberalism, as the reality of hyper-mission creep undoes the dream of a nimble, focused, problem-solving government.

While President Barack Obama goes on about the success of his economic stimulus, the latest policy developments suggest Democrats are finally backing away from his radical Keynesianism.

Without introducing any new plans, President Obama made the case for the stimulus bill as best he could.