Republicans, and more particularly conservatives, must rely on more than a hatred of Hillary Clinton to advance their cause.

Almost a full century ago, a few cancer cells were introduced into our body politic.

Thanks to the superdelegates, Barack Obama could win the popular electoral vote fair and square, and still lose at the convention.

Yesterday would have been Reagan's 97th birthday; and so we ask, does anyone wear Reagan's mantle today?

It almost doesn't matter what the topic is, the argument may already be lost. We've already established there is little national virtue left. We're now just talking about the price.

Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?

George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.

In many ways, Martin Luther King was a good man - certainly a highly intelligent man. Well read, well spoken, influential well beyond his life. But equal to all the Presidents of the nation?

The Vice President will be leaving a slimy, black legacy.

The conservatives have rightly complained about the fiasco that was the CNN/YouTube debate, to say nothing of Chris Matthews' execrable moderating. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it doesn't fit any better on that side.