Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.

Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.

The Constitution never even mentions political parties, let alone the Republican and Democratic parties, yet all the election laws help to protect them from competition.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.