Why is it that Democrats find themselves on the losing side of just about every issue?

While you can blame filibustering Senators, the Tea Party, and stop-at-nothing Republican diehards, these factors don't explain why Democrats are offering to slash the federal budget, or why Obama is acting like a...

Some people see Twitter as yet more proof of the downfall of civilization. When we confine our profoundest thoughts to 140 characters, aren't we walling in thought itself?

I'd argue that a great one-liner need not replace longer-form thinking. Nor does short always mean bad, and long good; read...