Ronald Reagan signed the legislation making Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday in November 1983. In January that year, public opinion was divided, with 47 percent in favor of the holiday and 48 percent opposed in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. In an October 1983 Harris poll, however, 59 percent supported it.

The retirement of Rep. Barney Frank from the House will cause mourning among all in the Congress-watcher and Congress-lover fraternity.  Meanwhile, the super committee’s inability to reach any agreement was shrugged off by most observers as the expected outcome, and it was, but I was deeply disappointed nonetheless.

Peter Wallison on new regulations based on the bogus belief that the cause of the financial crisis was the interconnectedness of financial institutions.

Obama slowed things down to set up the play he wanted rather than the play the moment needed. As a result, Ghadafi regained his balance.

Voters seem to be rejecting the Obama Democrats' vast expansion of government, saying to leave the private sector alone so it can recover from the financial crisis recession and once again create bounteous and unscripted growth.

Although Congress established the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to identify the causes of the financial crisis, it legislated reforms in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act long before the Commission has concluded its hearings, much less written its report.

Yemen seems to be moving past another opportunity to seek a peaceful resolution to the al Houthi conflict.

Presidential sermons will not make a whit of difference in educational outcomes.