Freedom is a messy affair, and sometimes people get their feelings hurt but we think the trade-off is worth the aggravation.

Earlier feminists were almost universally pro-choice and have dominated political debate until now. Having access to abortion was viewed as the only way women could have full equality with men, who, until recently, couldn't get pregnant.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

It is entirely possible that Limbaugh himself never needed contraception in college, but virtue in the absence of opportunity is hardly a moral triumph.

It's impossible to expect polite behavior from people who've never witnessed it.

Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world.

Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great.