Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.

The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.

The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.

Obama's explanation for the slowdown in economic growth is that the public sector is hurting, and that's where Washington must step in and act.

The exit polls suggest that after a relatively disappointing first term, Obama managed to reassemble almost all of his 2008 electorate.

The great mystery is why robots come off so well in science-fiction films when the human characters are often so astoundingly wooden.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.