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.

Banking Life Means Never Having to Say Sorry: Margaret Carlson An insincere apology is better than nothing since sincere regret in the over-stimulated, coarse world we live in is beyond reach. I’m thinking singers (excuse me, recording artists), sports stars, politicians and bankers who need bailouts.

Fat Panels Would Be Scarier Than Death Panels: Margaret Carlson I’ve finally figured out the Republicans’ philosophy: If President Barack Obama is in favor of something, it has to be wrong, even if they once believed in it.

Obama Moves Closer to Darth Cheney on Torture: Margaret Carlson Let’s take a walk on the dark side.

Kennedy’s Flaws Gave Way to the Great Man: Margaret Carlson There are no brothers left to give the eulogy for Senator Edward Kennedy, who was called to give so many.