Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more credible, nowadays.

When people say things like "don't let this moment pass without acting on gun control," what they're really saying is our arguments are so unpersuasive that they can only succeed when people aren't thinking clearly.

A 'well regulated militia' was thus one that was well-trained and equipped, not one that was 'well-regulated' in the modern sense of being subjected to numerous government prohibitions and restrictions.

Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry.

As I have said, the best Bush strategy is to put Congress on TV as often as possible.

The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it.

Democrats don't represent the taxpayers, they represent the tax-consumers.