Columns

Asman: Barack Obama our is commander in chief, but some wonder if he knows that.

Will Americans stand up to a change that they don't believe in and don't want. Or have we gone too far down the road to change the new path we're on?

There's nothing wrong with the president standing up for the unions. But if in doing so, he's also seen as standing up for the bullies sent out by the unions, he could lose even more support than he already has.

The union thugs and their friends in D.C. trying to hijack the democratic process in Wisconsin seem to have forgotten something: There was an election in November, and the new representatives in the Wisconsin State House represent the will of the people. 

The president's budget is the most cynical thing to come out of the White House since Bill Clinton's claims about Monica Lewinsky. It's a fantasy from start to finish.

Mubarak is a crony socialist, and Egyptians want a free market, because they rely on the market. Luckily, Egypt’s revolution isn’t complicated by oil. 

In those bizarre scenes of pro-Mubarak forces charging their camels into the anti Mubarak crowd, Mubarak was telling President Obama to mind his own business, that he'll leave on his own terms, not on terms or timetables dictated by the White House. 

A tax increase on the job producers is exactly the wrong way to go. Nancy Pelosi doesn't get that. But most Americans do.

If the "millionaire's tax" goes through, the private sector would lose about $20 billion in capital, which might otherwise be used to expand and hire new employees.

The Democrats have announced their intention to push legislation for more spending, taxing and government overreach before this Congress adjourns at the end of December.

Yuri Milner, billionaire social media investor who owned 10% of Facebook before it went public, outlines how to find bargains in social media before other major investors jump in. 

Is it a good use of taxpayer money for a Senate committee to interrogate J.P. Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon about a soured trade the cost the banking behemoth $2 billion?

Why would a company interested in giving customers exactly what they want double down on a product that customers don't want?

While we're all wasting time arguing about Mitt Romney and whether private equity firms like Bain Capital are good or bad for America, your money is about to be given to an Italian car company, in a deal arranged by the folks who brought us Solyndra. 

It's fitting that the stock market is closing the year out near the same level it did a year ago. That pretty much sums up the economy of 2011….flat. 

Warm weather in the Northeast has brought out two undesirables -- cockroaches and global warming alarmists. The latter have been going through their usual wailing and beating of chests about the coming end of the world through devastating floods and violent hurricanes.

North Carolina startup Semprius says its new solar cells can convert nearly 50% of the sun’s energy into electricity.

On Wednesday, North Carolina-based Cree introduced its new 100-watt LED bulb.

The lithium-ion battery startup raised $30 million in January and named former Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu to its board of directors.

Glori Energy CEO on the startup’s innovative AERO system that works to free the oil that’s stuck deep below the earth’s surface.