One lesson of Sept. 11 is that a government that tries to do everything is likely to do most of it badly.

Even if you don't mind Romneycare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there's a more basic problem: He's not a natural campaigner, and on the stump he instinctively recoils from any personal connection with the voters.

When the family dies, the nation follows.

There is no conceivable amount of money worth telling the world that you were beaten up by Liza Minnelli.

Once you accept you're a child in the government nursery, why shouldn't Nanny tell you what to do?

“Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town-hall meeting in Tehran.” That’s telling ’em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they’d call her bluff.

Question: How much do you have to invest in the future before you've spent it and no longer have one?