To win just under 40 percent of the vote in a primary with five active candidates is pretty impressive, even for a candidate like Mitt Romney, who started off with significant advantages in New Hampshire.

The tale is generously sprinkled with facts debunking common misperceptions, and Mr. Yergin sagely analyzes how well the energy industry really works. What he does not do—despite what some readers may long for-is draw many conclusions.

As a glance at the headlines or the best-seller list demonstrates, religion is an increasingly prominent subject of debate in American life. Polls show that America is becoming both more evangelical and more secular, and the discussions about religion’s role--particularly in public life--are often acrimonious.

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President George W. Bush's memoir details key decisions made during his presidency.

Although they are politically unpalatable, Pigovian taxes are eminently sensible as judged by standard principles of economics.

Be wary when media, university, and corporate elites warn that we must change our ways or face disaster fifty years hence.

President Obama's upcoming visit to the 64th UN General Assembly, which opened yesterday, will be nothing if not entertaining.

Under the Obama administration, government's pets use government to get policies that will give them competitive advantages and stifle smaller competitors.