Whether in the halls of academia or broad swaths of America's news media, a watchword of liberal faith is that Democrats have the corner on smarts.

President Obama’s scorn for the Constitution has been expressed most recently in his "recess" appointments of members of the National Labor Relations Board and the chairmanship of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

How much will Obamacare -- call it the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if you like -- cost over the next 10 years? More than you've been led to believe, reports Charles Blahous of George Mason University's Mercatus Center.

President Obama’s Mexico strategy picked up where the Bush-era “Merida Plan” package left off. In 2012, if Mexicans choose a new president who decides to end the anti-drug offensive, we may wish that we had done more to support our Mexican allies when we had the chance.

As President Obama prepares to meet other G-20 leaders in Cannes later this week, he previewed his pitch with an op-ed in the Financial Times. It read a bit like a half-time locker room pep talk to a team that had gotten knocked around on the field.

The prevailing attitude about contemporary art in British society is one of scorn and repudiation of old ideals, yet American visitors and many of the British people still believe that beauty matters, and that you cannot pour scorn on beauty without losing sight of the meaning of life.

President Obama's speech on Afghanistan has left supporters and opponents alike wondering if he has a strategy there at all -- or is just trying to split the difference between fighting and abandoning an unpopular war.

His stances for limited government and individual freedom make him the left's lightning rod and the tea party's intellectual godfather. And he is only halfway through the 40 years he may sit on the high court.