Is it panic time at Obama headquarters in Chicago? You might get that impression from watching events -- and the polls -- over the past few weeks.

One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage. Why? One reason is probably that as people learn that friends and relatives are gay, they become more sympathetic to gay rights. But increasing support for same-sex marriage causes problems for politicians.

The question of same-sex marriage ought to be committed to the states--by means of a constitutional amendment.

No state or federal legislative body has voted for same-sex marriage, and most have voted against it by large margins. So the prospect that the courts will make it the law of the land on their own raises issues of constitutional law and judicial activism that go beyond the issue...

The overwhelming success of the Mega Millions enterprise makes it an irresistible target for something more — a way to transform American elections and along the way reduce our deep political dysfunction.

Obama, who fancies himself a scholar of the Constitution, never said a peep about the Defense of Marriage Act being unconstitutional until this week. Why the change of heart?

As the Republican presidential candidates struggle to finish first or second in the usually crucial South Carolina primary, they seem to be ignoring an important political rule, summed up in the Boy Scouts' motto: "Be prepared."

While many Americans still have reservations about gay marriage, attitudes about homosexuality in general have changed significantly.