Walter Russell Mead explains why President Obama is looking more and more like President Hoover.

Jay Cost explains why President Obama is resorting to "blue smoke and mirrors" in the manner of Jimmy Carter in 1980. Cost believes, and I agree completely, that no amount of political acumen, fundraising skill, or rhetoric will protect him from a bleak economic picture. If the economy looks as bad, or worse, on election day as it does today, then Obama's political goose is cooked.

Michael Tanner makes the case for balancing the budget without tax increases.

Gary Shapiro says there are some simple things that can be done to improve the job picture immediately. Almost all of them are non-starters for the Democrats in Washington.

Dominic Carter says Daniel Patrick Moynihan was right when he warned about the disintegration of the Black family.

Pakistani authorities arrest some of the people who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden. It seems more and more that the Pakistanis are deliberately trying to hinder our operations in their region. That is the behavior of an enemy, not a friend.

Drew Cline says Romney won the recent presidential debate.