It's easy to see why Ted Kennedy would try to wrap Mr. Obama in the tattered mantle of his older brother, but is that a robe Mr. Obama should wear?

Who needs a "first black president" who is actually white when you can have a "first black president" who really is black?

Bush-bashers hate to admit it, but a smaller percentage of active-duty military personnel died during both Bush administrations than during the Reagan and Carter administrations.

The left-wing blogsphere claim that Hillary's people stole the election from Obama. The evidence, if true, is staggering.

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.

Of course Mr. Musharraf doesn't want to share power. Who does? Does The Times want to share power and influence with the LA Times or with the Washington Post? Of course not.

Having been put on the scent, the blogosphere discovered that this was only the tip of the iceberg.

Why "Hillary"? In 1980, did we have a race between Ronald and Jimmy?

We all know what Rudy believes. Like no other politician in America, he can be trusted to do as he says he will do - like it or not.

It would be a very good idea to have a standard system for maintaining health care records, but having the government spend money on this is a bad idea.