If, for example, Democrats are hell-bent on massive, "comprehensive" reform of the health care system, should Republicans really work with them to pass it?
The Hoffman insurgency appears poised to enjoy a spectacular and unexpected success.
Restoring Medicare cuts to doctors while maintaining them as "savings" in reform bills proved too much for the Senate to stomach.
Obama gambled the prestige of his presidency on a trifle and will likely pay a price for it.
The evolving U.S. policy points to learning to live with an Iranian nuke.
The revelation of a previously unknown Iranian nuclear facility is driving the world community toward a tougher sanctions regime. (Also read Roger L. Simon: The Washington Post buries the lede.)
The undeniable truth: this is the first truly conservative mass movement in American history. (Also read Roger L. Simon: America Goes to Washington: Why I Was Wrong About the Tea Party Movement)
In Obama's philosophy, his personal "community" promotes the common good at the expense of individual rights.
Do 40 years of legislative achievement outweigh a dissolute life of hedonistic excess?