A swarm of political strategists will descend on Austin, Texas, this week for South by Southwest's Interactive Festival. It's one of the premier tech conferences of the year -- the place where Twitter made its big splash in 2007. If the political class is going to embrace innovation, SXSW is a good place to start. As many of my peers prepare for the trip to Austin, I…

As Congress ramps up its negotiations over the fiscal cliff and impending tax hikes, left-wing groups have taken to the Hill to lobby lawmakers for an extension in unemployment benefits, despite evidence that such an extension could prolong the country’s years-long joblessness spell. The National Employment Law Project and other left-wing groups dispatched members to…

A proposed Michigan ballot initiative that would require the state to generate 25 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025 has pitted out-of-state environmentalist groups against the local businesses that will bear the brunt of the economic burdens the measure would impose. Proposal 3 would amend the state's constitution to incorporate the "25…

The President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney touched on many topics during their second debate. Here are the five most factually challenged statements that emerged: •  Obama falsely claimed he called Benghazi attacks “acts of terror” in Rose Garden speech. The president’s claim that he did, contrary to Romney’s critique, call the Benghazi attacks “acts of terror” in a…

President Obama and Gov. Romney touched on many topics during their second debate. Here are the five most factually-challenged statements that emerged: 1) Obama falsely claimed he called Benghazi attacks “acts of terror” in Rose Garden speech. The president’s claim that he did, contrary to Gov. Romney’s critique, call the Benghazi attacks “acts of terror” in a Sept.…

NPR, PBS and other public broadcasting outlets are asking taxpayers to fork over $445 million in funding for the next fiscal year. But not if Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) have anything to say about it. The conservative lawmakers want to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the steward of the federal  government’s “investment” in…

Rebuilding Iraq during the raging insurgency was no easy task. It required ingenuity, courage and innovative ways to get the job done -- sometimes with equipment that offered little protection from the car bombs and rocket attacks launched by America’s enemies. For veterans of the Iraq war like Col. Kerry Kachejian (pictured above), it was a life-changing experience…