February 25, 2015

Same Sex Marriage and <em>Dred Scott</em>

When judges invade politics, it is up to the politicians to defend their turf. The rule of law is not the same thing as the rule of lawyers who go to work in robes.

September 30, 2007

President Thompson

Conventional wisdom is hardening around the proposition that Fred Dalton Thompson is too lazy, ill-prepared, tired, old, lackluster, inexperienced, inconsistent and bald to make a successful run for President.

March 29, 2007

Memo to Mitt: Consider the Virtues of Dick Cheney's Job

No doubt the latest Gallup Poll came as a shock to you, Governor. It must be very disappointing after all your hard work to have a guy like Fred Thompson eating your lunch as soon as he mentions in passing that he might consider giving serious thought to the possibility of studying a run for the White House.

March 19, 2007

Rudy Giuliani Could be Just the Ticket for Social Conservatives

As the 2008 season gains momentum, political commentators are starting to address key questions about each serious candidate.

March 8, 2007

Get a Grip Mr. President

Scooter Libby is a convicted perjurer because the United States Department of Justice grossly abused its power and because politics short-circuited all the safeguards that are supposed to prevent such abuses.

January 17, 2007

Will the Next Attack Get Our Attention?

What will our politics look like the day after the next time jihad comes home to America?

January 12, 2007

The Way Forward

The President has outlined his "way forward" for Iraq and the battlelines are clearly drawn, both in Washington and in Baghdad. Here in the capital of the free world, the fight is between two factions of our political class each of which is trying to avoid tasting the bitter along with the sweet.

December 8, 2006

The Iraq Study Group Flunks

"The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.... The United States should immediately launch a new diplomatic offensive to build an international consensus for stability in Iraq and the region. [sacrificing Israel to entice our Muslim enemies into bailing us out].... There it is, the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report in a nutshell.

November 15, 2006

A Democrat Restoration?

November 9, 2006

Finding Wisdom in the Wreckage

October 13, 2006

Are the Democrats Whigging Out?

October 4, 2006

Dennis Hastert and the Cringing Republicans

September 27, 2006

George W. Bush and the Fancy Theorists

September 20, 2006

The Moral Exhibitionism of John McCain

September 18, 2006

Know Your Enemy

June 30, 2006

The Madness of Hamdan

June 28, 2006

The Trouble with George W.

January 27, 2006

Therapeutic Politics

January 13, 2006

The Stare Decisis Scam

January 9, 2006

Another Scandal that Wasn't

December 2, 2005

Hit 'Em Again, Harder

November 21, 2005

We are in Iraq to Stay

November 20, 2005

Is Jack Murtha a Coward and a Traitor?

November 18, 2005

What the President Should be Saying

November 4, 2005

The Task Ahead for Roberts and Alito

November 2, 2005

Mr. Justice Alito

October 29, 2005

Fifty farm teams

October 25, 2005

Why Bad Careers Happen to Good Justices

October 17, 2005

To Err is Human – and so is President Bush

October 6, 2005

Talk among yourselves

October 5, 2005

Intellectual decay