This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

Each achieves one or both of two objectives — making liberals feel good about themselves and being good to liberal candidates.

The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys no superior right of access.

I don't think anyone has ever announced running for president that they want to change the Bill of Rights.

Mitch McConnell, 72, is second only to Henry Clay as the state'€™s most consequential public servant. McConnell's skills have been honed through five terms. He is, however - let us say the worst - not cuddly. National Review has said he has 'an owlish, tight-lipped public demeanor reminiscent of George Will.' Harsh. But true.

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.

The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.