President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the less of it you get. As the war began to turn against the Communist guerillas in El Salvador, there was a palpable dip in the attention paid to it.

Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, he's sui generis. But he won a landslide victory after moving to the center, while holding onto conservatives by not hiking taxes.

Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.

President Obama insists hes a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works.

The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.