Obama forgot that government benefits need to be actually beneficial.

If Obama truly didn't know about the corruption and incompetence in his government - it's too big.

Other countries don't want to follow America's lead anymore.

The Tea Party must strike out on its own.

Sometimes it's worthwhile staging a fight you can't win.

Obama doesn't get a Syria war but does distract everybody.

Obama announces America's resignation from the world stage.

Bad moral teaching takes decades to change.

Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Mind grants keen insights into today's politics.

Islamist rulers are incompetent as well as tyrannical.