Time magazine gets a clue on welfare, and advocates "creating livelihoods."

Don't call back Congress; encourage them to stay out on vacation!

It is beautiful, shiny, and impressive, and not entirely valueless - but nothing like as glorious as it appears.

What if the stadium is empty? If there are too many empty seats on TV, I'll lose my head. What to do...?

McCain and Obama have similar policies, but as men are different as night and day.

Don't hold your breath.

Solzhenitsyn warned of "an atmosphere of moral mediocrity, paralyzing man's noblest impulses."

Ingrid Betancourt has learned that there are some people you just don't negotiate with.

John McCain loves his country too much.

The fame of the TSA has become so great that Japanese shoppers twelve thousand miles away know just how they treat your luggage.