Hate crime laws ultimately force courts into making rulings like this one, because they must enter a domain for which they are ill-equipped and ill-suited.

There's a lot of grumbling and moping on the Right about how the Republican base doesn't like the current field of candidates. There is a sense that the contenders aren't up to beating Obama, or, if they are now, that they wouldn't be after a bruising primary battle.

Liberals' broad generalizations about supposed anti-Muslim sentiments in the United States actually reflect their intolerance of the American people.

Opponents of capital punishment are extremely selective about the cases they make into public crusades. Strategically, that's smart; you don't want to lead your argument with "unsympathetic persons." But logically, it's problematic.

The murder of Pamela Waechter tells us thatit istime for national repentance, or in other words national return, from moralizing to morality.

Frustrated with the perceived environmental threat of economic freedom and the inconvenience of political freedom, many environmentalists yearn for shortcuts.

Hate crimes legislation encourages groups to vie for protected status by emphasizing the degree of their victimization.

Why is it that Muslims everywhere cannot embrace political and economic freedom? The answer is that, if given a chance, they can.