The forlorn and increasingly desperate climate campaign achieved a new level of ineptitude last week when what had looked like a minor embarrassment for one of its critics​—​the Chicago-based Heartland Institute​—​turned out to be a full-fledged catastrophe for itself. A moment’s reflection on the root of this episode points to why the climate campaign is out of (greenhouse) gas.

Polls today show that after a decade of an exhausting war on terrorism, Americans' appreciation for men and women in uniform is strong and deep.

Legislatures and courts are liberalizing faster than the American people.

Americans' reluctance to pay for the popular space program could doom it.

Americans are not eager for more active U.S. involvement in the region, especially when circumstances are difficult at home.

Americans have generally been more enthusiastic about the idea of space exploration than about actual spending on the space program.

How do people feel about some of today's most pressing issues, including avian flu, the Dubai ports deal dissolution, and the UN?

Whatever the frequency of extramarital affairs of everyday people, it appears that Americans want the private lives of public faces to stay that way.