Op-Ed

In the war over the “fiscal cliff” of looming automatic spending cuts and increased tax rates, the GOP is reeling.

With 2012 coming to an end, Washington is gripped by rhetoric and negotiations about the “fiscal cliff” on the horizon. 

Use lame-duck session to begin path toward a meaningful overhaul

If successful, Rubio could be the new-age Republican who can put Democrats on the defensive in the upcoming immigration-reform debate.

Obama and congressional leaders are at a time of political opportunity that will not occur again for four years.

Asteroid deflection is a fascinating field of scientific research. 

My friend former Texas Congressman Jack Brooks, who died Tuesday, was a symbol of a bygone era when Congress actually worked.

Jack, who was first elected in 1952 and served 42 years in the House, had a gruff exterior but knew how to get things done. He also had both guts and skill, something missing in many of today’s members of the House and Senate.

As a relatively new member of the House from a Southern state, he was one of the gutsy members in 1956 who refused to sign the “Southern Manifesto” condemning the Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation decision, Brown vs. Board of Education. This document was endorsed by 19 senators and 82 members of the House of Representatives. Jack was only in his second term when he took this principled stand.

Now that the election campaign is over, it is time for President Obama to show some leadership in resolving the economic woes facing America. The first step is to avoid going over the “fiscal cliff” that the President and Congress foolishly created by their inaction over the last two years.

The commission’s findings — long abandoned — are suddenly the thinking-man’s solution to the debt crisis.

To understand the so-called “fiscal cliff,” you need to understand America faces two big economic challenges: getting the economy back on track, and getting the budget deficit under control.