As I listened to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan describe his latest budget plan in a speech at American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, I couldn't help thinking how different things will be in Britain today when Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne steps out of Number 11 Downing Street with a battered red briefcase holding his budget for the forthcoming year.

When normal people judge what constitutes a tax increase, they compare what they will pay tomorrow to what they are paying today. If that number goes up, it's a tax increase. That is not how the Gang of Six did its tax calculations.

The temptation on Capitol Hill is for Republicans to just crow briefly that "we told you so," issue a few press releases, hold a hearing or two, and then wait for another low-hanging rotten fruit of ObamaCare to fall off the tree through the forces of economic and political gravity. They should instead think more strategically about this opportunity.

Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann ask questions of a panel of associates who have worked closely with John Kerry, as well as experts and reporters who have covered him. How would Kerry govern if elected? Would he change foreign policy? What are his chances at legislative successes?...

This is a defining moment for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). He can go down in history as a statesman or as a weak and opportunistic pol. Right now, it doesn't look good on the statesman front.

Last week's announcement by four major oil companies that they are setting up a billion dollar joint venture to create a rapid-response system to contain deep offshore oil spills shows that private firms can act faster in a crisis than government regulators.

The Obama budget does not address Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, the real issues adding to the deficit.

Now that Obama has condemned Gaddafi, we should take a page from Reagan and equip and train the Libyan people to fight for their own liberty.