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11:05 AM, Apr 2, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERAt a speech this morning at the White House to outline a new science initiative, President Barack Obama named himself "Scientist-in-Chief."
"I’m glad I’ve been promoted Scientist-in-Chief," Obama said to laughter at the White House. "Given my grades in physics, I’m not sure it’s deserving. But I hold science in proper esteem, so maybe that gives me a little credit."
Read more... 10:47 AM, Mar 23, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERIn a statement released at 5 a.m. today, Senator Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, blasts the budget the Senate passed very early this morning. Sessions's main concern is that the budget "has zero real deficit reduction" and "never balances."
“The content of the plan the majority has now approved demonstrates why they were unwilling to reveal it for so long: their proposal, once accurately understood, cannot be publicly defended," says Sessions.
Read more... The dismantling of the Navy. Apr 1, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 28 • By SETH CROPSEY
When they agreed to President Obama’s 2011 budget proposal that is responsible for the current sequester, Republicans expected that the nation’s concern and respect for the military would help to prevent the cuts in defense spending that would occur if agreement to reduce the deficit were not reached. They were wrong. And it couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Read more... The dismantling of the Navy. Apr 1, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 28 • By SETH CROPSEY
When they agreed to President Obama’s 2011 budget proposal that is responsible for the current sequester, Republicans expected that the nation’s concern and respect for the military would help to prevent the cuts in defense spending that would occur if agreement to reduce the deficit were not reached. They were wrong. And it couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Read more... UPDATE: Vote set for Thursday.1:02 PM, Mar 20, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPEREvery single U.S. senator is expected later today to have to vote on whether the federal budget should be balanced, senior Senate aides tell me. The vote will be for support of an amendment to the Democratic budget, which is currently not balanced, and which will be debated on the Senate floor today, calling for it to be balanced.
Read more... 10:00 PM, Mar 18, 2013 • By WILLIAM KRISTOLRobert Samuelson's fine column in the Washington Post, “America the retirement home,” argues that “The budget debate’s central reality is that federal retirement programs, led by Social Security and Medicare, are crowding out most other government spending,” and that this is endangering the other important functions of government, including defense:
Read more... 12:00 AM, Mar 16, 2013 • By IRWIN M. STELZERThere are times when the absence of really, really bad news passes for good news. This is such a time here in America, at least for those who worry that our fiscal deficits of over about $1,000,000,000,000 per year will soon have historians referring to the glory that was Washington.
Read more... 9:35 PM, Mar 14, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERThe Democratic budget, released yesterday by Senate Budget Committee chair Patty Murray, passed out of committee this evening on a party line vote, 12-10. In response, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, Jeff Sessions, released this blistering statement:
Read more... Hosted by Michael Graham.4:22 PM, Mar 14, 2013 • By TWS PODCASTTHE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with Fred Barnes. Hosted by Michael Graham.
Read more... Hosted by Michael Graham.4:22 PM, Mar 14, 2013 • By TWS PODCASTTHE WEEKLY STANDARD podcast with Fred Barnes. Hosted by Michael Graham.
Read more... 9:06 AM, Mar 14, 2013 • By JEFFREY H. ANDERSONAt the New Republic, Jonathan Cohn writes,“Paul Ryan has released his new budget proposal, ‘The Path to Prosperity.’ It looks almost exactly like his old budget proposal.” Cohn continues, “That tells us a lot about Ryan’s priorities — and how l
Read more... 8:19 PM, Mar 13, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERThe Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee claims the budget released today by Senate Democrats will raise taxes by $1.5 trillion. Before being released today, it had been reported that the Democrats' budget would raise taxes by $1 trillion, but number appears to have been far enough.
The minority side of the Senate Budget Committee releases this chart to back up its claim:

Read more... 5:25 PM, Mar 13, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERSenator Patty Murray, the Democratic chair of the Senate Budget Committee, finally released a budget today. Year over year, in this proposed budget, spending jumps dramatically.
Read more... 11:37 AM, Mar 13, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPEREric Edelman, Robert Kagan, William Kristol, and Dan Senor, all board members of the Foreign Policy Initiative, released the following statement this morning:
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