There are new twists to in the ever-entertaining faux debate over the dangers of shale gas. The New York Times, which turned obscure Cornell University marine ecologist Robert Howarth into an anti-fracking rock star in its questionable spring series on shale gas, and got hammered for it by its own public editor—I‘ll take some of the credit—is finally getting on the science bandwagon.

In his support for the Obama administration's lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law, a deputy secretary of state had the troubling stance that criticism by foreign governments is sufficient to affect constitutional adjudication.

In his 2011 State of the Union Address, with six members of the Supreme Court present, President Obama famously attacked the Court’s Citizen’s United decision. At the center of Obama’s criticism was his completely erroneous contention that the decision opened the floodgates to foreign corporate spending in U.S. election campaigns.

There are so many polls, I can do nothing but add my own. The current surveys, just after the Democratic Convention, show the Bush-Gore race at about a dead heat. My guess is the margin will return to a 5-plus-percent Bush lead.

On Aug. 7, I heard that Sen....

Ben Wattenberg analyzes the nuances of Lieberman's positions.

Mitt Romney’s showing in Michigan, on top of his proven appeal to this demographic—and particularly to affluent women—suggests they could make a difference in November 2012.

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.

Alex Brill and Alex Pollock discuss the impact of credit card swipe fees