Mona Charen notices that as Europeans reverse their leftward lurch, Democrats are accelerating ours.

Katrina Trinko profiles Susana Martinez, the Republican candidate for governor of New Mexico.

Mytheos Holt predicts Republican gains in Ohio.

Thomas Sowell debunks Barney Frank’s revisionist history of the financial crisis — and his contribution to it.

Conrad Black documents America’s disorganized, even feckless, retreat from its military strongholds around the world.

Victor Davis Hanson warns that Americans are ignorant about three countries important to its security: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Mexico.

Michael Barone observes that the tea party’s first-time candidates have better political instincts than the Democrats’ old pros.

Deroy Murdock shows three charts that should infuriate taxpayers.

Clifford May reprimands academics and comedians for narrowing the confines of politically acceptable speech.