If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in…

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Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with...

Newt Gingrich had to work hard - getting Republican candidates to sign the Contract with...

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq...

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless...

This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless...

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time...

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time...

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike...

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike...

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: fair,...

If Obama has his way, the change that is coming is a new America: fair,...

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor....

Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor....

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

We must now brace ourselves for disquisitions on peer pressure, adolescent anomie, and rage.

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But...

If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the...

If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the...

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is...

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they...

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they...

I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing...

I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing...

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about...