(SportsNetwork.com) – A pair of historic ballclubs begin a three-game series on Memorial Day at Busch Stadium, as the New York Yankees pay a visit to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Yankees were in Chicago the previous six games and earned a split of a four-game series against the White …

RIO DE JANEIRO – FIFA officials say Nicola Rizzoli of Italy will referee the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. With a European and South American team playing, many had expected FIFA to appoint an Asian referee for Sunday’s game. However, Jim Boyce, the chairman of the FIFA’s refereeing …

Do we really want paying people not to work for 99 weeks – nearly two years – to be a permanent feature of the American economic system? Is that what the American people voted for in the historic landslide election of 2010? If not, then why are Republicans poised to …

Tony Hayward is gone at last from BP. Weep no crocodile tears for him. Without doubt he will rise again to wreak havoc on other parts of the world in his lethal combination of arrogance, complacency and incompetence. The City of London financial establishment looks after its own. But 100 …

What a great week to be rich in America! On Monday, President Obama compromised with the Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts, leaving no millionaires or billionaires behind. By Thursday, a generous estate-tax exemption was heaped onto the deal, permitting wealthy couples to leave up to $10 million to …

Words matter. Just ask the State Department. On the day President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the New START Treaty, the two countries already had a different spin on how the agreement would impact U.S. missile defense programs. The Russians released a statement arguing the treaty would work …

This is shaping up as one of those goose-and-gander parables. What’s good for one is good for the other. The plan by a fiery Florida preacher to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 to protest radical Islam is drawing criticism from all sides. Civil-rights and religious leaders are …

It appears that officials in three states–Illinois, Montana, and Colorado–are salivating over the hope of landing a federal contract to house some of the remaining Gitmo detainees. The reason for such desperation appears mostly to be driven by desperate economics. Amid reports this weekend that President Obama’s home state of …

There was much to like in President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech, including admitting his achievements are “slight” and others are more deserving. Candor becomes him. Other welcome passages defended the “just war” in Afghanistan and sang the praises of America as a peacemaker in ways that contradict his misbegotten …

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:32:14 +0000 – By Phil KerpenPolicy Director, Americans for Prosperity The central question in the debate over global warming and cap-and-trade has nothing to do with the environment or even with energy. It’s all about one thing: revenue. Kudos to Republican leaders for taking a clear …