Somehow, we have reached the point where we view democracy and elections as ends in themselves. But they aren't.

Contrary to Al Gore's predictions, our current lack of hurricanes is causing significant problems.

What is not acceptable, what is a non-starter, is the notion that we can dispense with the law.

I stood on the bridge; I stood right there on the bridge looking down at the Rio Grande River, and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a Mexican gentleman who had started himself a ferryboat service.

It's been estimated that the final costs for New Orleans'; reconstruction will top $200 billion. As American taxpayers, we can only ask this question: Why?

According to the Wall Street Journal, newly-minted lawyers are having difficulty finding gainful employment.

Virtually everyone who is anyone in American politics and media has roundly condemned any thought that Iran's President Ahmadinejad should be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero with his noisome presence. They are making a mistake.

Now comes what may be the solution to the global warming hysteria, and from a most unexpected source.

Is American citizenship of such little concern that we don't mind it being awarded as the result of a crime?

If you buy something, that ought to mean you can do whatever you like with it - but big companies want to end that right.