America may be in a dour condition, but it is not going to elect a dour president.

Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him for it - even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications.

Obama is defining himself in a way that will destroy him.

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.

What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.

Back in 1995, Bill Gates himself didn't understand that the internet was the direction computing was going.