Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No, it's not.

While we may not mind being used, we resent deeply being made to feel discarded.

What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?

Any jackass can talk about bombing Iran.

When I hear Rand Paul, who is much younger, saying wars are verkakte, I agree with him.

Sarah Palin is an empty vessel ready to be filled by ideology that she doesn't even understand, and that is really scary. Nothing is more frightening than an empty vessel in power.

The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.