The alternative to big government isn't no government. It's something increasing numbers of Americans are calling "localism."

The liberal critics of Republicans want the GOP to behave itself and go back to the good old days best described by Eugene McCarthy’s quip that the chief purpose of moderate Republicans is to shoot the wounded after the battle is over. No thanks.

If Romney can’t defend free-market capitalism against Gingrich, how will he be able to defend it in the fall against Obama?

Newt Gingrich wants to pay poor kids to clean toilets. And all of the right people are horrified.

Behind the disdain of the high-minded for negative campaign spots is a fear that they will erode Americans' faith in politics and government.

Here are a couple of things to keep in mind about Newt Gingrich, as he leads in polls for the Republican presidential nomination nationally and in Iowa and South Carolina and may be threatening Mitt Romney's lead in New Hampshire. One is that he is an autodidact. A second is that he has incredible perseverance.

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.

Romney was the big, big winner in delegates, but that doesn't mean that he'll be handed the nomination.