Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.

Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa and New Hampshire, where the old joke is literally true about the citizens who say they haven't yet formed an opinion about a candidate because they've only met the fellow a few times.

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

One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth the price. But they may or may not have thought this.

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

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

Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.