The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.

The Democrats smell blood and don't want to be told that it's their own.

The best reason to diminish social programs is not to put more money in people's pockets but to put more responsibility in people's pockets.

It is surely only a matter of time before some federal judge finds the Constitution unconstitutional.

Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.

The senator's actions in the hours and days after emerging from that pond tell us something ugly about Kennedy the man. That he got away with it tell us something ugly about American public life.

Big government makes small citizens.