Michael Moore has characterized the movie Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Academy-award winner Kathryn Bigelow, as a "21st century chick flick." Oh, absolutely: a movie whose heroine is a CIA operative put in charge of the enhanced interrogation of War on Terror detainees (also known as torture to...

President Obama claimed on Friday that his re-election gave him a mandate to increase taxes on those earning more than $250,000 a year because "the majority of Americans agree with my approach."

But how can he know?

The presidential election covers, after all, a whole range of issues...

Are only "archconservatives" with "no sense of humor" insulted by the new "Your First Time" video for President Obama -- or ought every thinking woman (and man) be outraged to watch this young woman of privilege playing at politics?

Is this the legacy of the women who fought...

Now that the big party conventions are finally over, surely the high point of both was Clint Eastwood's talk, in terms of pure refreshment value alone. In the midst of two of the most highly choreographed dog-and-pony shows, with every speech honed to within an inch of its...

As we near the end of August and prepare for Labor Day weekend, the latest in depressing unemployment news indicates that jobless rates rose in 44 U.S. states in July -- "the most states to show a monthly increase in more than three years and a reflection...

The contraception mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (or "Obamacare") went into effect this month with little fanfare, and will likely continue to receive little attention for some time, as the grandfathering of existing policies, as well as various exemptions from its provisions, make it far...

Last week there was a great deal of outraged reaction to the news that President Obama quietly signed Executive Order 13618, which provides the Department of Homeland Security with emergency powers over civilian telecommunications, including private telephone, cellular, and wireless networks. Defenders of the Order point out that...