

At this time of the year, we’re often invoking Mark Twain’s line on Wagner’s music: that it wasn’t “as bad as it sounds.” The outcome, announced today, in McCullen v. ...
Laughable Distinctions on Gosnell: From the Defense, From Planned Parenthood, and More
Today in Philadelphia, the judge complimented the jurors on the serious way in which they deliberated on what he called a “difficult case.” But it is one of the wonders of ...
Marriage in the Court
From the back and forth this morning, it appears that the issue of the Supreme Court’s “standing” is not likely to be decisive. Even Justice Kennedy seemed to be concerned ...

Ronald Dworkin
He passed away last week and there has been much discussion about his legacy. A few thoughts: He wanted a law of high “principle,” but he rejected the notion that ...
A Clear Winner
I was deeply engaged by the Kennedy–Nixon debates back in 1960, and I’ve tracked presidential debates since that time; but my sense is that, in that first hour at least, ...
Ryan vs. Clinton
There is a quick, decisive way to prick the balloon of Bill last night. He challenged Paul Ryan, and now Paul should challenge Clinton in turn, on Paul’s turf, to ...

God Runs Deep
Something more really needs to be said about this matter of putting God back into the Democratic platform. Of course the whole display was telling and embarrassing, and we can ...
The Risk of Backing into the Other Side’s Premises on Marriage
Our friends at the Wall Street Journal, usually so urbane and savvy, seem to lose their moxie when they turn to the questions of abortion and marriage. And so this ...
Thursday Night in South Carolina
On the night when Rick Perry lost the third of his three agencies that were prime candidates for removal, we knew that there was going to be no bigger story ...
Saturday Night in New Hampshire — A Few Lingering Thoughts
Remarkably, the whole cast looked buoyant and came off rather well. Even Rick Perry looked focused and quite in command of himself. That kind of performance earlier could have made ...