Ramesh Ponnuru and Rich Lowry list five obstacles Rick Perry must overcome to win the primary.

NRO’s experts react to the results of the Ames straw poll.

J. P. Freire urges the Republican presidential candidates to get serious about entitlements.

Mark Krikorian hands the GOP a step-by-step guide to immigration reform.

Marc Siegel dubs the insurance mandate Obamacare’s linchpin: Without it, the system collapses.

Andrew Stiles recalls President Obama’s past promises of entitlement reform.

Charles C. Johnson critiques The Devil’s Double, a morally obtuse film about Uday Hussein.

Michael Barone observes Republicans have energy — most of it unfocused as of yet.

Kathryn Jean Lopez spotlights Lieut. Col. Pat Castle’s LIFE runners.