Barack Obama has made an original contribution to the debate over gun control.

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

Mr. Buckley lived to see the fall of the Soviet Union and the vindication of his ideas; few men see as much.

Are hedonistic rioters the wave of the future?

Mrs. Obama correctly noticed that she was judged by the color of her skin rather than by the content of her character.

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

Freedom, by definition, includes the freedom to choose to be an idiot.

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?

We gripe about bias in the mainstream media because freedom of the press is only meaningful if you happen to own a press, but enough people have presses to keep politicians on their toes.

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.