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Obama and Munchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy
Making the patient sick in order to aggrandize power? That might explain the president's policies.
A ‘Right-Wing,’ ‘Christian’ Hate Crime
The Holocaust Museum shooter has absolutely nothing to do with the labels he's been given.
New NASA Administrator Will Have His Hands Full
Charles Bolden will have to address some immediate questions about the future of America's space program.
It’s ‘Make or Break’ Time for NASA
NASA must meet enormous challenges in the coming post-shuttle era.
Obama Apologizes to Asteroids for ‘Observing Their Motions Without a Warrant’
Comets and other cosmic debris aren't our enemies. They are simply Facebook friends that we haven't met yet.
Remember Three Mile Island? Forget It
The "worst nuclear accident in American history" needs to be put into perspective.
‘Sullying’ the Work of Commercial Pilots Everywhere
The media have lauded Captain Sullenberger as a hero, but he was simply a pilot doing his job, like all the others.
Lies, Damned Lies, and ‘Tax Cuts’
Confusing "tax cuts" with "rate cuts" often keeps us from setting the proper economic course.
Gaza Children Sacrificed to a Malevolent God
Hamas manipulated the deaths of their own offspring to appease the ravenous media.
Media Botches Story on Obama’s NASA Plans
Panic over "tearing down" barriers between military and civilian space programs is much ado about nothing.
A Truly Heavenly Christmas
Forty years ago, brave pioneers first ventured into space — and the world was never the same.
Detroit’s Downturn: It’s the Productivity, Stupid
Union work rules make it almost impossible for the Big Three to keep up with foreign competitors.
Want Change? Let’s Try Truly Free Markets
Neither right nor left supports the "creative destruction" necessary for real economic progress.
Weeks Before the Election, Obama Remains an Enigma
Minimizing the candidate's problematic associations — or lying about them — has been the pattern of the Obama campaign.
NASA Turns 50 — Now What?
The next half-century of space exploration will likely look very different than the first.
Russian Aggression Carries High Cost for NASA
U.S.-Russian cooperation in space could become a casualty of war.
Democrats Throwing Up Scarecrows and Bogeymen
Straw man arguments and scare tactics are no way to win an election.
The Biggest ‘Non-Discovery’ on Mars in History
Water on the Red Planet? Big deal. Tell us something we don't already know.
Energy Independence: Shooting for the Moon
Comparing freedom from foreign oil to the moon landing is a ridiculous analogy.
The Rough Road to Space
NASA's plans for the future look like the same plans that have made the agency a bureaucratic dinosaur.
Time to Head for Mars?
NASA's Phoenix Mars probe touched down this weekend on the 47th anniversary of JFK’s "man on the moon" address to Congress. What will this mission mean for the future of human spaceflight initiatives?
Triumph and Tragedy in Space
Fifty years ago yesterday the US launched its first satellite, an achievement that gave the nation the confidence to move forward with more ambitious projects like putting a man on the moon. There were also less uplifting space anniversaries last month, writes Rand Simberg, who hopes that we don't one day "look back and see in January another anniversary -- of the time that the NASA human spaceflight program finally foundered."
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