Sometimes being a "maverick" isn't as glorious as one thinks it will be.

A few men and a few privately held companies have significant power over our economy.

Is Michelle Obama claiming Reagan's mantle of optimism and patriotic pride for her husband?

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

The need for a Constitutional amendment shows that the Founding Fathers never intended an income tax.

If we're losing jobs and the Chinese are losing jobs, where are they going?

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?

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 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.