One South Carolina prison bans publications like Time, Newsweek, and even the Christian devotional Our Daily Bread, because the staples binding the magazines supposedly pose a security risk.

Some political observers think Bachmann, the winner of the Ames straw poll, is being dismissed a little too hastily.

Corporate Democrats like Obama will lead us to the exact same place as Republicans -- toward the dismantling of the safety net -- because raising the revenue necessary to protect such programs won't fly with Wall Street.

Whichever way the courts ultimately rule on ObamaCare, we will continue to face the question of how to pay for health care while maximizing personal choice, minimizing bureaucratic interference in markets, and preserving incentives for innovation.

Nazis, "patriots" and the Moral Majority take refuge in Montana.

If President Obama wants to get reelected he has to do something about jobs. Something BIG. Failing that -- and that's an epic fail -- he has to at least be perceived as trying to do something about jobs.

New ID laws combat an imaginary crime wave.

In the unspoiled hills of north central Tennessee, Alan Beaty helps turn fellow wounded Marines into civilians.

If Rick Perry commits a series of missteps, it may well be true that his Southern identity will not be enough to save him. But, in a close race for the Republican nomination, Southern roots cannot be discounted.

Standard & Poor's does not trust Republicans to protect the nation from default or to make the revenue adjustments necessary to pay off the results of the GOP's tax cuts and spending binge of the last decade.

The U.S. government is not a household that must live within its means.

Obama should not let a single week go by without proposing some piece of legislation related to creating jobs, alleviating the problems of the jobless, and increasing wages.

Our media and pop culture offers virtually no indictment of the signal malady of our age: rampant inequality.

President Obama recently signed an agreement with automakers that will get cars to a whopping 54.5 mpg by 2025. That's great. But did you know that, because of loopholes and outdated testing procedures, 54.5 mpg is really 40?

Sally Jacobs talks about her new book, "The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father."

Lower U.S military casualty rates are obscuring the horrors of war.

This new bipartisan embrace of austerity is virtually guaranteed to keep economic growth at bay.

It is time for Liberals to kick Team Democrats to the curb.

Despite signs Obama may be wavering, many environmentalists feel confident that the administration will maintain its ambitious executive agenda.

Whether American conservatives admit it or not, Anders Breivik was motivated by their hostility to a growingly diverse world.