This was a debate full of surprises, at least for me. The first: CNN’s John King showed some forebearance in not leading off with a question to Rick Santorum on his statements on contraception and other cultural issues.

Why does Mitt Romney sound so corny? It seems to me that Romney missed one experience which changed the outlook and even the vocabulary of most of his schoolmates. This is a man who never experienced the '60s. You know what I mean: peace demonstrations, dope smoking, ironic detachment, all that.

Lynne Olson delivered the September Bradley Lecture.

The September Bradley Lecture will focus on the subjects of Lynne Olson's recently published book Troublesome Young Men. The men in the title of the book were a band of Tory members of Parliament who risked political suicide to revolt against Prime...

Starbucks has come to Warsaw at last.

In every wave year, the winning party ends up grabbing seats that just a short time before the election were on no one's radar screen, and there are five such races where the GOP could spring a surprise this election.

A concrete plan to rebuild the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis that promises efficiency and results, not greater burdens on Minnesota's taxpayers.

Questions may be raised in good faith about a presidential candidate's religion in respect to doctrines that bear upon social and political matters and public law.

Following the removal of the Wren Cross from the college chapel at William and Mary, a public controversy has ensued.