Gagging Grenell was a bad play for the Romney team because it guaranteed the issue wouldn't go away. The only way to dispel concerns about the man's fitness for the job was to let him do his job. Muzzling him until he resigned was the worst possible way to handle it because all it did was feed crocodiles like Fischer.

We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.

Clarence Thomas selected as the recipient of the 2001 Francis Boyer Award.

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States has been selected to receive the American Enterprise Institute's Francis Boyer Award for 2001.

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States has been selected to receive the American Enterprise Institute’s Francis Boyer Award for 2001.

Even after the Beslan, Madrid, and 9/11 terrorist attacks,the United Nationsstill cannot bring itself to oppose terrorism unequivocally.

President George W. Bush called for a bipartisan commission to recommend fixes for our entitlement programs. This proposal was a sign of weakness.

The United Nations cannot event issue an unequivocal condemnation of terrorism, let alone join the struggle to eliminate it.