Leppert's advantage is money and geography: He ended the year with $4.1 million in the bank and has a base of name recognition in the northern part of the state. Cruz is betting on buzz: He's the chosen one of the conservative intelligentsia, with...

Americans need to know that the Democratic Party is dominated by those who think brute force is the practical way to govern citizens. But Will failed to take the next step: to ask why do progressives worship force instead of freedom, while our...

Donald Dewhurt seemed like a strong frontrunner. Gradually, Cruz consolidated conservative support. He has the backing of FreedomWorks, the Club for Growth, Redstate.com's Erick Erickson, and the radio talk show host Mark Levin. George Will, the dean...

All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept and everyone who cares about the rule of law should hope the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelmans appeal of his conviction. ...

Ron Paul is, well, Ron Paul, an isolationist libertarian so radical in his foreign policy views as to be off any conventional grid. Newt Gingrich classifies himself as a man of big ideas, which usually connotes big expenditures and ballooning deficits.

In regard to the Bishops they did fight hard for the Stupak amendment and they were aghast when it was defeated, but, in general, the Bishops loved the idea of national health care, with a restriction against funding abortions, even with a gang of...