For decades, Americans have put up with the agency’s abuses. Why don’t we scrap it altogether?
Peter the Roman
A 12th-century Irish bishop predicted that the apocalypse would coincide with the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI’s successor.
Rules, Britannia
The England of Shakespeare, Newton and Churchill has become a country more concerned with compliance than accomplishment.
Good luck, America (you'll need it)
The election results suggest that America isn’t the liberty-loving country it used to be. Now we’ll all have to live with the consequences.
Obama, Biden and economic patriotism
For statists like Obama and Biden, patriotism means government redistribution.
The presidential race is over, cue the conspiracy theories
Expect liberals to dispute the legitimacy of Romney’s victory.
The Obama video: hope and cringe
What the newly released video of Obama speaking at Hampton University reveals.
Presidents don't run the economy
Politicians and voters must set aside the conceit that such a complex mechanism can be manipulated by a lone individual.
On taxes, Obama and Romney obfuscate
To win the election, Romney will have to explain his tax proposals — and Obama’s.
Police-state conventions
The massive security presence at the Republican National Convention is a reminder of Americans’ troubling safety-first mentality.
Romney and the ridiculous modern presidency
If Mitt Romney’s lack of star power reminds America that its president is a human being, he will have served his country well.
Citizen Bain
Newt Gingrich is the GOP’s strongest candidate, but his new anti-Romney film is disappointing.
Newt Gingrich: One-term president
Like so many men of consequence, Gingrich’s greatest qualities sow the seeds of his undoing.
How does 'President Gingrich' sound?
Gingrich is the bold leader that Republicans are looking for.
Ignoring Ron Paul
Commentators who ignore, or simply criticize, the Texas congressman often face a barrage of hate mail.
Americans shouldn't have to settle for Romney or Perry
Both frontrunners are deeply flawed.
An unimportant president
Rick Perry says that if he becomes president, he’ll try to make himself as inconsequential as possible.