Mr. Obama's goal of eliminating extreme global poverty and halving global poverty would cost nearly half our entire federal budget.

Barack Obama has made an original contribution to the debate over gun control.

Sometimes being a "maverick" isn't as glorious as one thinks it will be.

Mr. Buckley lived to see the fall of the Soviet Union and the vindication of his ideas; few men see as much.

Are hedonistic rioters the wave of the future?

Mrs. Obama correctly noticed that she was judged by the color of her skin rather than by the content of her character.

It is a wonderful thing when truly stupid ideas return to bite the people that promoted them.

It's interesting that Bill Clinton is not called the first African-American president.

It is far, far better to have a sane Democratic party.

Is Michelle Obama claiming Reagan's mantle of optimism and patriotic pride for her husband?