Recovery? Half of American Households Living on Government Benefits

Derek Hunter: Dear Graduates: You’re Screwed!

It’s graduation season, and prominent political and media figures are making the rounds to give commencement speeches at colleges across the country. The one thing missing from these speeches is reality.

Doug Giles: Kids with Cell Phones: Record Your Socialist Teachers!

God bless cell phones. With them we can chat with our friends; we can watch the grossest zit since the dawn of time being popped via YouTube; and our kiddos can record their bat crap crazy teachers attempting to mitigate their First Amendment rights!

John Ransom: Liberals are Saving the Poor from the Back of a $7 Million Yacht

Reminder: The poor and middle class are the ones that liberals like John Kerry get all misty eyed about from the back of their new $7 million, 76 foot yacht that they dock out-of-state to avoid paying $500,000 in taxes.

Austin Hill: Party Like It’s 1978: Governor Jerry Brown And The Same Ol’ Failed Ideas

The Golden State’s circumstances are dire, yet Jerry Brown is facing the crisis with an approach that’s nearly forty years old.

Debra J. Saunders: When Will Obama Reform Presidential Pardons?

As a candidate for president in 2008, Barack Obama pledged to "immediately" review federal mandatory minimum sentences "to see where we can be smarter on crime and reduce the ineffective warehousing of nonviolent drug offenders."

Humberto Fontova: “I Would Vote For Obama!” Squeals Castro’s Daughter

“If I were a U.S. citizen I'd vote for Obama for president," said Mariela Castro during her San Francisco conference this week. "I think he is sincere, I think he speaks from the heart."

Paul Jacob: California's Cross-dressing Ballot Initiative

When politicians talk term limits, they become even sneakier than usual.

Paul Greenberg: The Old Lady in Black

The most vivid memories aren't those carved in stone but the ones etched in the mind. Memory deepens with the years, the way a river carves through rock, slowly creating canyons, revealing old layers, unveiling pain you'd kept decently covered before, bringing it all back.

Daniel J. Mitchell: Based on the Reform Agenda of German Free Market Advocates, Europe Is Doomed

“A Growth Pact for Europe” called for six reforms. Unfortunately, four of the reforms mean more government and two were meaningless boilerplate.

Political Calculations: The Spring 2012 Snapshot of Expected S&P 500 Earnings

In this chart, we see that compared to our snapshot from 19 January 2012, investor expectations for earnings in 2012 have dimmed, especially for the first three quarters of the year. Meanwhile, they appear to expect that 2013 will provide a much better environment for the S&P 500's earnings per share.

Kevin McCullough: The Bully Administration

Much has been said about the bullying history of both of the presumed presidential nominees for 2012.

Nathan Slaughter: The One Commodity Chart Every Investor Needs to See

The metal has a multitude of uses, most notably in the dental, jewelry and electronics fields. But demand from the auto sector is greater than all of those combined.

Steve Chapman: Are We Headed for a Fight with China?

The Soviet Union is gone, al-Qaida is decimated, and Iran may never acquire nuclear weapons. But don't get too relaxed. If you're looking for reasons to be anxious about world peace, China offers an abundance.

Peter Ferrara: Hugo Chavez Here? Second Obama Term Would Mean No Independent Judiciary

President Obama's most blatant first term abuses can be struck down by the check on Presidential power by an independent judiciary.

Charles Payne: Making the Entire Chain Strong

There are a lot of narratives in the population story but there is also a clarion call that too many are afraid to scream or hear.

Edward White: A Heartening Trend: Majority of American Adults Pro-Life

A new Gallup poll brings encouraging news on the subject of abortion. Fifty percent of American adults now define themselves as pro-life (up 5% from 2011), and 41% of American adults now define themselves as pro-choice (down 8% from 2011).

Michael Tanner: Baby Budget Hawks of the GOP

The latest Club for Growth scorecard suggests that, on the whole, Republicans in this congress have actually been less fiscally responsible than those in past congresses.

Phil Kerpen: Obama Should Blame Himself, Not The Court

Sometime in the next month, the United States Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of Obama's individual mandate, the provision forcing everyone in the United States to buy health insurance. Based on how badly this provision was defeated in the oral arguments, it will likely be struck down as unconstitutional.

Marvin Olasky: A Trip to Arlington National Cemetery Is a Fitting Way to Celebrate Memorial Day

"Welcome to Arlington National Cemetery, our nation's most sacred shrine. Please conduct yourselves with dignity and respect at all times."

Jeff Carter: Should Fat People Pay More For Insurance?

What do you think about setting a regulation that private companies and government agencies only had to pay for health insurance for standardized people. Any costs above and beyond that fell upon the person to pay. That’s using sticks to try to change behavior.

Mike Shedlock: "Greece is a Failed, Corrupt State"

Strong messages from the head or the IMF, the head of Deutsche Bank, and the president of the Bundesbank are highly likely to drive Greek voters away from New Democracy and Pasok in the June 17 elections.

Night Watch: Election Results Show Egypt's Shallow Spring

The surprise, unofficial vote count for Shafiq, a secularist candidate who obtained just 300,000 votes fewer than Mursi, is difficult to accept at face value without assuming manipulation and voter fraud by the Army.

Tad DeHaven: White House Cronyism Is Disturbing, But Not New

The alternative to profit-driven free enterprise, which the president is critical of, “is an Obama capitalism that is driven by political favoritism, government subsidies, mandates, and billions in taxpayer underwriting.”