When Palin stumbled in her interviews on national television about basic foreign policy questions, the media immediately exposed her flaws.

CNN: Romney, make a boring pick for VP

I'm taking action in three basic areas: personnel, national security policy, and the process for making sure that the system works.

CNN: Iran-Contra Affair

Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, points out a basic conflict: Wind farms have to be places the winds blow steadily, which often also happen to be areas favored by raptors and migratory birds.

FORBES: Fact and Comment