By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
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President Obama has returned to Washington after a winter vacation in Hawaii that was interrupted by the "fiscal cliff" crisis.

Think a presidential motorcade slows traffic? Consider the effect Marine One flyovers could have on construction crews attempting to repair the Washington Monument on schedule.

Embarking on the stretch run of his final campaign, President Obama arrived at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon in advance of accepting his party's renomination Thursday night.

President Obama celebrated his 51st birthday with a round of golf at Andrews Air Force Base Saturday morning, according to the Associated Press. Then, he flew over to Camp David, the president's private retreat, for more birthday festivities on a low-key weekend.

If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history.

Mark Hatfield's job is far from typical. Sure, he's got co-workers, a uniform, and even an office with a view. But unlike other jobs that promise higher-level opportunities, the 30-year-old Annandale native's career puts him near the ceiling of an airplane cabin during a zero-gravity maneuver.

A stay-at-home father of two whose wife serves at an Air Force base in Maryland has become the first male winner of the "Military Spouse of the Year" award.

Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba.

President Obama's trip to Afghanistan Tuesday was kept secret, sort of, by White House officials and media organizations traveling with him.

A long-lost version of the Air Force One recordings made in the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with more than 30 minutes of additional material not in the official version in the government's archives, has been found and is for sale.

Richmond American Homes is building 20 single-family homes on half-acre sites at Townsend Manor in Clinton, near the Brandywine Crossing shopping center, Andrews Air Force Base and multiple parks.
Just hours after the first death in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Tom Slezak was told to gather his team, collect his gear and get on a plane.

For his 73rd round of golf as president Saturday, Barack Obama invited House Speaker John A. Boehner to join him on the greens. The top Democrat teamed up with the most powerful Republican for 18 holes against Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican. There's something unseemly about a commander in chief going on this jaunt while troops are in harm's way and the self-imposed July 1 deadline for a deal on spending cuts and the debt ceiling looms. "Boehner has always said that if you're invited to anything by the president, you should go," the speaker's spokesman, Michael Steel, told The Washington Times.
The Rory McIlroy chase is on.

As our small, white propeller plane loops lazily above green Manassas, Va., farmland, a low snarl building from below is the only warning before red wings flash by in a rapid climb before swooping gracefully into place alongside us.