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?

We all deserve blame for the S&P downgrade. This is a national foul-up of historic proportions, and no party or constituency can completely avoid culpability.

The president has so far held back from other decisions that would involve no risk to American lives but that could save the lives of Libyans whom we have committed to protect. For the sake of the Libyan people and for America's reputation in the Arab world, one has to hope that President Obama has learned the value of boldness.

European adulation for Barack Obama is likely to hit reality in four areas.

The role of government is to be the referee, but not to suit up and play the game by becoming more deeply involved in Wall Street.

Congress is losing some of the best legislators, those with an ability and deep desire to work in the legislative process, make laws, build laws, and shape public policy.

Mr. Bush is Mr. Reagan's heir. And he is carrying on the tradition of the real Mr. Reagan, not the caricature we are getting from some of Mr. Reagan's most passionate lovers and haters.

The age of humility and second opinions is coming.