When a party is in opposition, it opposes. That's its job. But when it comes to power, it must govern. Easy rhetoric is over, the press of reality becomes irresistible. By necessity, it adopts some of the policies it had once denounced. And a new national consensus is born.

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.

Now this is a way to approach our healthcare problems: increase the number of tax collectors and decrease the number of doctors - brilliant!

The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.

A one-hour work-week...would minimize the damage that Congress can do.

In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average.

In reality, Kyoto was a huge transfer of resources from the United States to the Third World, under the guise of environmental protection.