President Obama's response to events in the Middle East, particularly in Libya, are so opaque, so convoluted, it's tempting to think there's some ingenious master plan in effect behind the scenes that he hasn't clued us in on.

We are deeply uninformed when it comes to how the government spends its budget, and American's enjoy the bulk of the programs that actually make up government.

Republicans would not have a shot at taking back either the House or Senate were it not for the Tea Party movement, which has both energized the conservative base and attracted independents to the GOP by promising to reform the party and restore fiscal sanity in Washington.

There’s no need to be defensive; the president made a good call on bin Laden, but his courage in that instance pales next to a record that includes his embrace of American decline, his fear of American leadership, his degradation of the military (and not just the Navy, as the Romney campaign appears to think).

A recent congressional move to subsidize teacher salaries and avoid layoffs will make it harder for states and school districts for prepare for the rough seas ahead.

The likely confirmation of Sotomayor and the possibility of future Obama appointments could change the balance on a court that has been closely divided on many major cases. But that seems unlikely to change the thrust of Thomas' jurisprudence.

If President Obama still wants to turn our economy around, it's time for him to act more like Franklin Roosevelt-but not in the way he might think.

In modern times, when American women serve alongside men in combat and when most Western women enjoy "emancipation," can courage still be considered the domain of one sex?