The popular vote for the House and the president have converged. Here’s what it means for Obama’s chances in 2012.

Let’s do a little interpolation. It is widely said that Mitt Romney is stuck at 25% of the vote. That’s reflected in the national polls, which have shown him with an average of 24% since Thanksgiving (throughout I’ll be looking at only post-Thanksgiving polls). But that doesn’t mean he runs the same in every state or region.

To understand the Civil War on its 150th anniversary, history books are no substitute for time in the trenches.

This book, the second in the series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, continues the story of a Confederate victory at Gettysburg.

To get the South focused on economics, don't talk about race.

The American flag is unusual, both in looks and significance. But as symbol of the nation, it has a meaning and a function beyond what individual citizens make of it.

Everybody agrees that the Republicans are going to pick up seats in the House and Senate elections this year, but just how many is still up in the air. If the popular vote in the North goes narrowly Republican as it did in 1966, disaster could be looming for the Democrats.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich knows how to press the Left's soft spots. Even as he fades from the front of the Republican presidential pack, he deserves credit for attacking the judiciary's seizure of power over some of society's most important issues. Choosing new Supreme Court justices will be one...