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

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.

By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class.

In 2013, there were 6,261 black homicide victims in the US — almost all killed by black civilians.

That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles.

Obama's victory in November 2008 was a historic political accomplishment.

The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.