We got mixed signals from a turbulent political week. Barack Obama seems to be enjoying an uptick in polls, moving toward 50 percent approval. But his weakness was apparent in his State of the Union address: issues. 

The liberal critics of Republicans want the GOP to behave itself and go back to the good old days best described by Eugene McCarthy’s quip that the chief purpose of moderate Republicans is to shoot the wounded after the battle is over. No thanks.

The future of the United Nations is under the control of the new Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.

Andrew Breitbart’s heart was too big to fail, but it did anyway.

New UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has done well where he deferred to member governments, supported UN reform and demonstrated personal integrity.

Barack Obama is wrong to end America's manned space program. His narrowness of vision is of a part with numerous policies of his to narrow America's horizons.

Progress against poverty requires measuring countries by the rule of law, judicial independence and free speech.

These demonstrations may not topple the regime, but they serve as a reminder of the will of the Iranian people to resist dictatorship.