I'd love to thwart the Census form, but I want a constitutional basis for doing it - and here's the tricky thing. I think even constitutional purists would tell you that just because something isn't in the Constitution does not mean the government cannot do it.

Can you, in a million years, imagine another female senator - Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Claire McCaskill - reacting to being called 'ma'am' like Barbara Boxer did? This is the kind of sanctimonious self-absorption on the modern left that makes my teeth itch.

Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed.

I believe every child has the right to a mother and a father. Men and women are not the same. That's not to say they're not entitled to equal rights, but they are not the same.

It is not about Republicanism, it's about conservatism.

The employees did an outstanding job, ... Their instincts took over and they did the proper thing by disabling the train.

The employees did an outstanding job. Their instincts took over and they did the proper thing by disabling the train.

These guys don't want to put up the hard cash now, and if SFR continues to scream and shout about it, the government may well have to buckle.

The Union Pacific will research all the line titles and determine how best to use or dispose of the property.

How can we expect the nation to believe us that we need these projects to save the coastal wetlands that are vital to ourselves and to the nation, when we ask for a blank check and no oversight over $200 billion packed with projects that have nothing to do with either floor protection of the city of New Orleans or restoring the coast?