Every federal official has an obligation to act in line with the Constitution as he or she understands it. And that doesn't necessarily mean obeying Supreme Court decisions.

Why should Romney attack Perry directly when the Democrats, the liberal media and Michele Bachmann will do it for him? Romney's strategists note that Perry will have to survive five debates in six weeks--ample opportunity for Bachmann to "rip his eyes out" (as she did to Tim Pawlenty) or for Perry to blow himself up.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie may prove to be a real star for the Republican Party, as he has battled to bring his state's finances under control.

No environmental problem is more important than that posed by the degradation of our cities, and we must reflect on the factors that might prevent or reverse the decay that we are witnessing. In urban planning, civic leaders should think in terms of fostering beauty through the use of aesthetic constraints.

The politics of hope and change have been replaced by the politics of fear and intimidation.

May 2008 recorded the fewest American casualties in Iraq since the beginning of the war and measured violence in May and June reached the lowest levels since 2004. In advance of the U.S. presidential election in November, discussion of Iraq’s future has assumed heightened significance in public discourse. On July...