Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.

If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.

Americans don't want leadership. They want alchemy.

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks.

A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.