Should she be confirmed, Judge Sonia Sotomayor may not prove an effective advocate for her liberal views on the Supreme Court.

John Dingell marks fifty years in Congress;there is a decline in regular order inCongress; andRoy Blunt must be careful about fundraising activities.

In 1984, Mario Cuomo pioneered the argument that one may be "personally opposed" to abortion while supporting abortion rights. Ever since, this convenient locution has become a staple for countless Democratic politicians, particularly Roman Catholic ones.

The late New York Times columnist Bill Safire was known for channeling the “Great Mentioner,” the unseen oracle who launched political careers into the stratosphere simply by mentioning a person’s name. Today, a more malevolent oracle is at work in Washington — call him the “Great Whisperer” — seeking to...

Many of the critics of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and other legislation seeking to combat intellectual property violations on the Internet, say they are fighting efforts to “censor” the web. SOPA is many things, but if words still have meaning it cannot be fruitfully described as censorship.

Turmoil in the Middle East has exposed the vulnerabilities of President Barack Obama’s listless foreign policy. As Iran closes in on its nuclear prize and props up Assad’s bloody regime in Syria, the United States has the opportunity to deal a crippling blow to its oldest, most dangerous enemy in...

While the media has focused on the rise of the Tea Party movement and the success of conservative insurgents in GOP primaries, there is a quiet insurgency taking place under the radar of more moderate Republicans for whom fiscal discipline is not a top priority.

The Japanese military is emerging from decades of pacifism. But do the country's political leaders have the vision and the will to make the country strong again?