Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing, too! Conservatives have been right more often than not - and more often than liberals - about most of the important issues of the day.

[Donald ] Trump is more important than all of us. He's more important than the media.

The media claimed to be non-partisan, centrist. It's not been that way for a lot of history.

I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy. Miers is undoubtedly a decent and competent person. But her selection will unavoidably be judged as reflecting a combination of cronyism and capitulation on the part of the president.

There's a sort of romanticizing of the past. When you actually think about the past, you know it's a little different.

Shouldn't Democrats insist that Sen. Durbin step down as their whip, the number two man in their leadership?

Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.