Global public opinion may be hardening against China and hopes that it will liberalize may be dashed.

Partisan divisions in Congress--and divisions between theWhite House andthe Hill--are blocking the passage of urgent legislation.

Just as the political air is filled with talk of the inevitability of Barack Obama's re-election -- we are told that the kids at his Chicago headquarters are brimming with confidence -- in come some poll numbers showing him behind.

It seems that Democrats in the U.S. Senate are officially in favor of judicial candidates of Catholic background who have only "shallow" feelings about their faith.

In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.

One constant factor in the 14 contests with exit polls is that Mitt Romney has tended to run best among high-income and high-education voters. His leading opponents -- Newt Gingrich in South Carolina and Georgia, Ron Paul in Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia, and Rick Santorum everywhere else -- have run best among low-income and low-education voters.

A growing body of evidence suggests that repressing one’s feelings may have greater psychological benefits than expressing them.

To be openly in touch with one’s feelings is today held up as a personal ideal. Older virtues associated with a stoical and more reticent attitude toward life are sometimes looked upon as obstacles to self-healing, self-discovery, and self-esteem. But is being aware of and expressing one’s feelings really...