It wasn’t long after the votes had been counted that the knives came out for Republican-leaning super PACs. For months, political pundits had speculated that spending by these outside groups ...

Conservatives are deeply frustrated at the 2012 election’s outcome, after years of work and investment. Some blame the candidate, or the conduct of the campaign; others focus on demographics. But these ...

In September, a rather crude video titled “Innocence of Muslims” provoked riots across the Muslim world, resulting in several deaths, many more injuries, and considerable property damage. Almost seven years ...

Very many Americans came to admire Winston Churchill through the first two volumes of William Manchester’s The Last Lion series, namely Visions of Glory (1983) and Alone (1988). They were ...

A confession: When I saw the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, it filled me with a creeping dread. There is a flavor of historical schmaltz that only Spielberg can brew ...

Andrew C. McCarthy was once best known as the federal prosecutor who spearheaded the convictions of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others, who were the unapologetic architects of the ...

Thomas Jefferson is not in vogue. His Democratic descendants long ago abandoned his philosophy of limited government, Republicans rarely invoke him, and scholars tend to focus on the gulf between ...

Winning the Middle Class I happened across “The Party’s Problem,” by Ramesh Ponnuru (December 3), while browsing online articles about the recent election. I am a lifelong liberal Democrat (68-year-old Caucasian male) ...

LONG TRAIL You can spot the better hikers by the lightness of their steps, and how their packs seem much too small. They’ve learned they shouldn’t try to carry their whole lives upon their ...