As political name-calling and partisan rhetoric overtakes the media, Jonah Goldberg casts a skeptical eye on the arguments used by today’s journalists, academics and “moderate” politicians. In his newest book, “The Tyranny of Clichés,” Goldberg scrutinizes the oft-repeated claim that liberals are non-ideologues by dismantling the myriad nonintellectual talking points the Left employs in debates.

Christopher DeMuth responds to Senators Sanders, Feinstein, Leahy, and Kerry on the climate controversy.

Impersonal social forces cannot explain why one of the very richest black populations in America suffers from black America"s very worst infant mortality rates.

A D.C. holiday poem inspired by Clement Clarke Moore's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."

This analysis of the Public Citizen report and evidence collected in California and elsewhere reveals different and positive conclusions about the state of consumer arbitration.

America needs more, better-qualified teachers.

Victory in Iraqcalls forboth military and political action.

Low poll ratings for Congress and President Bush, scandals, and history favor Democratic gains in the 2006 midterm elections.