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

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.

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

A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.

The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.