An entitlement state cannot outgrow the economy that supports it.

Referring to it as such belittles victims of many real hate crimes in the darker days of U.S. history.

Americans want a simpler tax code, a secure border and a clear U.S. policy on Afghanistan.

The president unveils a complex, costly plan that won’t reduce warming and will kill many jobs.

Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it. This week, the Supreme Court ruled DOMA unconstitutional. There are two possible grounds, distinct and in some ways contradictory, for doing so. The curious thing about the court’s DOMA decision is that it contains […]

President Obama finally steps up to the plate, but his actions on the rebels’ behalf are halfhearted.

Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record “mail cover,” i.e., what’s written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security Agency’s recording of U.S. phone data does basically that with the telephone. It records who is calling […]

“Horrible customer service.” That’s what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor. Horrible customer service is when every patron in a restaurant finds a fly in his soup. But when the […]

Journalists finally rise up against the Obama White House when the issue is framed as one of editing.

You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York Times that Obama’s initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted and therefore unserious. The next […]