A presidential campaign exposes candidates' strengths and weaknesses. The strengths they're eager to tell you about. So let's look at the weaknesses.

Last week, Russia and China obstructed the Obama administration’s Syria policy by vetoing an anti-Assad Security Council resolution backed by the Arab League, Britain, France, and the United States.  As harmful as this defeat was in its immediate consequences, it may bode even worse for efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

Soonthe Supreme Court will decide the Newdow case, ruling on whether public-school teachers may include the words "under God" when leading students in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thanks to Justice Alito for pulling back the curtain and showing the ugly reality of racial discrimination in America.

The Supreme Court has interpreted the Establishment Clause in a manner that encourages and sometimes demands hostility towards religion.

A review of the controversy at William and Mary College surrounding the removal last year of a brass cross from the campus chapel.

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Obama could have either stopped the Ground Zero mosque controversy before it even began with just some foresight and a few phone calls.

Republicans may find it difficult to convert the increasing unease with Democratic policies into Republican (or Conservative) victories across the board.