If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster.

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.

Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins.

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.