What's sad is that Mr. Obama has ignored opportunities given him by the Senate leadership who put him in a position from which he could make changes.

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.

Competition keeps the NBS functioning effectively just as competition would help the public schools.

If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?

Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.

We gripe about bias in the mainstream media because freedom of the press is only meaningful if you happen to own a press, but enough people have presses to keep politicians on their toes.

Principals have be to able to fire teachers, or you can't run an effective school.

Some idealists suggest that election campaigns be paid for by the Treasury -- taxpayers would pay for campaigns intended to elect people we don't like. In fact, we DO have public campaign funding but nobody wants to admit it.