Conservatives are more giving; liberals are more educated.

At The Chronicle of Higher Education, “journalistic standards” are of the double kind. And incivility is a firing offense — unless you’re criticizing a conservative, in which case nasty smears are all the rage

President Bush is right to move against the bombless despot, Saddam Hussein, before he turns his attention to the armed one, Kim Jong Il.

Attempts at austerity and deleveraging in Europe have converted an economic problem into a political dilemma, with leftist governments rising against Germany's austerity-laced rescue packages. Germany now faces a tough economic decision that will involve choosing between a breakup of the current euro system and a movement toward a common fiscal policy in Europe.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and other ingredients of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare.” Why, she asked toward the end of three days of hearings, shouldn’t the court keep the good stuff in Obamacare and just dump the unconstitutional bits?

The Republican nomination might not come down to Newt Gingrich versus Mitt Romney, but it would be quite a matchup. Who would govern more conservatively?

Does Romney still need to appeal to conservative Republicans, or should he start focusing on the broader electorate?

"They do that because they were born that way."

If you say that about homosexuals, you are tolerant and realistic. If you say it about blacks, you are racist (unless you're black yourself). If you say it about women, you may or may not be sexist, depending on who is manning...