Americans' views on abortion are complicated and they have not shifted in any significant way since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that legalized abortion.

Democrats have ceded the anti-abortion position to Republicans.

As the region's leaders gather for the Summit of the Americas on April 14-15, some plan to argue for Castro's inclusion — but will any speak up for the Cuban people? Please join us for a discussion among a panel of experts, some of whom recently returned from Cuba.

One constant factor in the 14 contests with exit polls is that Mitt Romney has tended to run best among high-income and high-education voters. His leading opponents -- Newt Gingrich in South Carolina and Georgia, Ron Paul in Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia, and Rick Santorum everywhere else -- have run best among low-income and low-education voters.

Republicans are choosing between a candidate from a Belmont that's doing just fine and one who claims ties with a Fishtown that isn't what it used to be. Not an ideal choice.

The George W.Bush-versus-John Kerry battle for the Catholic vote is, in some respects, a battle between observant and dissenting Catholics.