Big Apple Justice Fits Man Accused of 9/11: Margaret Carlson Americans believe our legal system is the crown jewel of our democracy, at least until we come across a really despicable savage like Khalid Sheik Mohammed. Then we seek Wild West justice, the rougher the better. Hang the monster from the highest tree.

Palin Goes ‘Rogue’ on McCain, Facts, Reality: Margaret Carlson Until now, Sarah Palin has been operating from the safe remove of her laptop and gotten some things done, if you count suggesting that her son Trig would be left to die by Democratic health-care proposals.

Fort Hood Killer Eludes Oversensitive Army: Margaret Carlson Who’d think the U.S. Army could be seized with a sudden case of political correctness? And with regard to Muslims, no less.

Republican Purists Scare Democrats, GOP Too: Margaret Carlson There are many ways to think about Tuesday’s election, some of which are completely wrong. “The real story here is, I think, this thing is ambiguous,” White House adviser David Axelrod said. That’s true only if ambiguous is a synonym for frightening.

Palin Lights Match at the Republican Bonfire: Margaret Carlson For those who wonder what former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is doing with her newfound freedom from the rigors of governing -- aside from writing a book in record time -- please do a Google search for NY-23. That’s the congressional race in upstate New York that Palin has decided to insert herself into.

Wall Street Wizards Get Chance to Do It Again: Margaret Carlson On Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama spoke to a well-heeled group nibbling on lamb chops and apple tart at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan. He might as well have been at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

Rockefeller Takes on Kennedy’s Liberal Cause: Margaret Carlson In the No Drama Obama administration there is plenty of it.

Swamp Creature Rangel Needs to Find the Exit: Margaret Carlson It is with great regret that I write that Democrats must remove Charlie Rangel from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Obama Chases Olympic Bauble While U.S. Burns: Margaret Carlson Most of the time those complaining that President Barack Obama is doing too much really wish that he were doing nothing at all. It’s not that he is spreading himself too thin but that he is spreading himself too wide -- over health care, executive bonuses and kid’s homework, while pandering to dictators at the United Nations.

Britney Spears Never Violated Trust Like This: Margaret Carlson Among those of us who watched the president do his whirl of Sunday morning talk shows on a beautiful Indian summer day, the question was less what he said than the potential for overexposure on television. Yet an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll this week shows that 54 percent of those asked thought they were seeing “about the right amount” of Barack Obama.