We face the dual problems of an increasing gap in access to these technologies between the "haves" and "have nots" and fragmentation of the once-common set of facts that Americans shared through similar experiences with the media. Creating a vibrant public square is essential to improving the state of democracy.

The Supreme Court has interpreted the Establishment Clause in a manner that encourages and sometimes demands hostility towards religion.

The Chen Guangcheng saga gets stranger and stranger, but also is becoming a major diplomatic embarrassment for the Obama administration.

Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

Liberals often speak in seemingly harmless cliches that they hope will penetrate our mental defenses. Here are some of the most egregious examples.

While Governor Jerry Brown will be safely out of office by the time his wind and solar energy regulations kick in, the rest of us will have to deal with the high costs, low reliability, and environmental degradation attendant upon this latest exercise in the fantasies of renewable power.

Paul Krugman says the opponents of the Affordable Care Act are liars and repeats claims that are a flagrant falsehoods in 2012.

Theologian, sociologist, and political analyst Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was one of the most relevant actors in U.S. civil life.