She Needs To Seem Tough, And Whatever

Newt Gingrich Never Received More Than 100,000 Votes In His Life. He'll Never Be President.

Making Recess Appointments When The Senate Isn't In Recess Is Neither Rational Nor Moderate. It's A Raw Misuse Of Executive Power By A President Whose Love Of Government Is His Most Vulnerable Spot With The Electorate.

The United States Established Itself As A Trustworthy New Nation In Its First Two Decades After The Revolutionary War By Paying Its Debts, Even When Many In The Country Believed It Had No Obligation To Do So. Alexander Hamilton, The Founder Of This Newspaper, Insisted On It.

The Real Story Of The Ground Zero Mosque Is That The Project Only Became Feasible Because Of The Appalling And Astonishing Fecklessness Of The Officials Who Were Charged With The Reconstruction Of The Site And The Neighborhood All The Way Back In 2001.

Memories Of The Last Nine Years Have Turned Ground Zero From A Site Of Horror, To A Reminder Of Grief, To An Occasion For Ludicrous Artistic Posturing - And Now To Something Very Close To Parody.