Let us now praise Barack Obama.

Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.

Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both.