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.

Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.

Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

Baseball exemplifies a tension in the American mind, the constant pull between our atomistic individualism and our yearning for community.

Liberalism is wrong because it doesn't work. If a company is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.

[P]rogressivism is a top-down, continent-wide tissue of taxes, mandates, and other coercions.

Louisville, KY - Barack Obama lost Kentucky in 2012 by 23 points, yet the state remains closely divided about re-electing the man whose parliamentary skills uniquely qualify him to restrain Obama's executive overreach. So, Kentucky's Senate contest is a constitutional moment that will determine whether the separation of powers will be reasserted by a Congress revitalized by restoration of the Senate's dignity.