If the Endangered Species Act were applied uniformly to all of the species in the US that are potential candidates for its reach, Congress would swiftly repeal it. The act's potential costs are often too high to enforce aggressively.

The effort to build up conservatives of the past is little more than a feint to tear down the conservatives of the present.

Punishing political enemies? So Nixonian, so last century. Yet, 40 years later, the Obama administration found a good government way to pursue the same objective.

The environmental movement is falling out of favor because it has steadily moved to the left, abandoning the conservatives who were originally sympathetic to the cause.

Two decades ago, the Supreme Court struck down legislation that limited campaign spending.

Patrick Allitt's inclusive history is a solid and worthy contribution to the growing literature about conservatism, but it will still leave many observers scratching their heads.

Following a defeat in Citizens United, the Obama administration is making an unprecedented assault on free speech through a proposed executive order requiring federal bidders to disclose their political giving during the previous two years.

Christopher DeMuth and James Q. Wilson's remarks before John Howard's 2008 Irving Kristol Lecture.