The conservative world lit up with delight Thursday night when Newt Gingrich gave CNN's debate moderator, John King, a good ol' fashioned rhetorical thumping on live television. King opened the debate with a question about Gingrich's ex-wife's allegations that he had asked her to agree to an open marriage.

Gingrich...

Happy Constitution Day! This Friday marks the two hundred and twenty-third anniversary of the signing of our nation's founding document. The Constitution fulfilled the hope and promise of the American Revolution, ensuring that the rights and liberties the Founding Fathers fought and died for would be secure forever. Too bad...

All around the world, winning and losing soccer games is a matter of national pride. Comparatively speaking, Americans care little about soccer. This year, team USA's strong performance in the World Cup inspired Americans to follow the sport in record numbers. Now that the sport has our notice, there is...

The Cumberland River flows nearly 700 miles from eastern Kentucky, down into Tennessee, and then back up to western Kentucky, forming a shape that looks like a big southern smile. Right in the middle sits Nashville. The history of Nashville is tied to the river, and to its floods.

In...

The similarities are too obvious to ignore. Scandal number one began when Tiger Woods crashed a Cadillac Escalade into a tree near his Florida home. Scandal number two began when a sticky Toyota accelerator pedal allegedly caused a number of crashes, including one involving an off-duty highway patrol officer in...

Ladies and gentlemen: you are witnessing the death of Rock 'n' Roll.

Consider this the obituary: from 2004 to 2008 album sales fell from 667 million to 428 million units, according to Neilsen SoundScan. That's a 35% decline in just four years.

Last year the Virgin Megastore chain closed the...

As the crisis in Haiti enters its third week, many thousands of badly injured individuals await lifesaving care. Wounds left untreated pose a serious and life-threatening risk. For many, the clock is ticking.

The following report is from an American medical aid worker, Glen Womble. Mr. Womble is a...

It's been a bad week for liberals. First, there was Scott Brown. The Cosmo centerfold turned Republican Senator from Massachusetts will be busy all weekend moving Ted Kennedy's desk across the aisle in the Senate chamber. And now Air America, the great liberal hope in talk radio, has flatlined. And...

Imagine if news had broken this week that a large group of pastors had gathered in the Deep South to found an organization called, "The Southern Christian Leadership Conference." What assumptions would you make about an organization with such a name?

Depending on your political bent, you might imagine a...

Mr. President, is it really you?

Hi Conan. Yeah, it's me. And please, call me Barack. I've been watching the news, and I see it isn't going so well for you. So I've called to offer my support -- from one "O" to another. You feel me?

Hey GOP! Here's a wake-up call: Gallup reports that the number of 18-29 year-olds who identify as Republicans fell from 41% to 32% over the course of the Bush presidency. I am a young conservative. But like many conservatives my own age, I don't consider myself a Republican.

The...