The Church & Obama&...

Daniel Henninger, WSJ Pope John Paul II, surveying from his seat in the eternal hereafter the battle between the American Catholic Church and the Obama administration over mandated contraception services, must be permitting himself a sad smile. The pope knew more than most about the...

Republicans Need More T...

George Will, Wash Post Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. This year, however, events and their rhetoric are dissipating their...

Clint, Rick and the Lim...

E.J. Dionne, The New Republic WASHINGTON — What do Rick Santorum and Clint Eastwood have in common?Sorry Rick, you haven't made it yet as an Eastwood-style make-my-day cultural icon. But in different ways, Santorum and Eastwood have demonstrated the limits of both an entirely...

The Anti-Romney Vote...

Thomas Sowell, Investor’s Business Daily A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for President of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same...

Tales From the Kitchen ...

Gail Collins, New York Times This is a really old story, but let me tell you anyway. When I was first married, my mother-in-law sat down at her kitchen table and told me about the day she went to confession and told the priest that she and her husband were using birth control. She had...

Union Boss Tells Poor: ...

Jonathan Tobin, Commentary The hypocrisy of opponents of school choice schemes has never been a big secret. But rarely has that quality been so brazenly exhibited as by Vincent Giordano, the head of the New Jersey Education Association, in a recent interview on New Jersey public...

Facts on Keystone XL De...

Robert Redford, Huffington Post Joe Nocera's op-ed in the New York Times yesterday deserves a response and a reiteration of the facts surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. President Obama rejected the pipeline's permit last month when the GOP, in a political stunt,...

The Coming Israel-Iran ...

Jack David, National Review Events are conspiring to precipitate a cataclysmic confrontation with Iran. Time has nearly expired for international sanctions — even the so-called tough and crippling ones — to keep Iran from acquiring deliverable nuclear weapons. The U.S....

Truth, Lies and Afghani...

Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, Armed Forces Journal I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. My duties with the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force took me into every significant area where our soldiers engage the enemy. Over the course...

Serious Questions Now A...

Conn Carroll, Examiner Mitt Romney may not have lost any delegates in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri yesterday, but the breadth of his defeats raises serious questions about his viability as a general election candidate.Yes, Romney spent no money on television ads in any of the states....