John Sexton

In 1904, G.K. Chesterton’s wrote an essay called The Patriotic Ideal. In this bit, Chesterton contrasts the patriot with the cosmopolitan (the people too cool for patriotism): This important and growing sect, togetherwith many modern intellectuals of various schools, directly

Subtlety isn’t exactly what MoveOn.org is known for. A new Spanishlanguage ad set to run in Florida starting July 5th makes the case that apurge of Florida voter rolls is a racist plot to put Mitt Romney in theWhite House.

President Barack Obama has attacked Gov. Mitt Romney’s record in the private equity industry as CEO of Bain Capital. But ten years ago, as he struggled to raise funds for his long-shot U.S. Senate campaign, then-State Senator Obama decided to

The ATF’s public relations hoped to use Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s death in Operation Fast and Furious to promote the bureau’s work, a newly released document shows. Senator Chuck Grassley and House oversight chairman Rep. Darrell Issasent a letter

The argument over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act may have been settled by the Supreme Court, but today’s fundraising boom for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign suggests the issue is far from settled with the American people. At 1:46

Wildfires in Colorado have now burned over 180,000 acres.Unfortunately, these fires come at a time when the federal governmenthas a historically low number of air tankers to fight suchblazes. By the government’s own estimates, it currently has undercontract just one-half

After two weeks dominated by gaffes in which Bill Clinton publiclyundercut the President’s campaign strategy, Obama now has anotherex-President to deal with. Jimmy Carter wrote an op-edfor Monday’s New York Times which is critical of recent changes in theway America

Gas prices peaked in early April at just under $4 a gallon. Thatmeant that for a few weeks gas prices were a major political issue. A series of adsattacking the President were issued and Newt Gingrich announced aproposal to get

In January the DNC announcedit would be downsizing its national convention from four days to three.The first day, September 3rd, would instead be used to celebrate theregion with a big NASCAR-themed kickoff event at Charlotte MotorSpeedway. It makes perfect sense

A story published Friday by Bloomberg News surveyed constitutionallaw experts around the country and found that the overwhelming majorityof respondents believe the Supreme Court has no proper grounds on whichto strike down the mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act.

Liz Fowler, a presidential adviser who helped develop Obamacareduring her time on Capitol Hill, spoke at a high profile conference ofdoctors in April. Other speakers included HHS Secretary KathleenSebelius, former CMS Director Donald Berwick, and Jon Carson, Director ofWhite House

A historical thesis popularized by Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel,postulates that the tiny and remote Easter Island suffered adevastating ecological collapse as the result of poor stewardship ofnatural resources by its inhabitants. Diamond goes on to suggest

This week, concerns rose over British doctors’ use of aso-called “death pathway” on patients who may have months or even yearsof life left. Speaking to the Royal Society of Medicine, ProfessorPatrick Pullicino, a doctor and consultant, suggested that pressure toclear

Last month Senator Marco Rubio introduced the RAISE Actin Congress. The RAISE Act has a very simple goal: “To amend theNational Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages totheir employees.” You might think that this would be

On Monday, the Department of Justice was forced to once again retractinformation provided to Congress about the Fast and Furious scandal.  OnJune 12th, Attorney General Holder had a heated exchange with Sen.Cornyn during congressional testimony. Senator Cornyn offered a litanyof

Earlier we posted a video clipin which Mitt Romney was asked what he’s reading. Romney gave twotitles, a Vince Flynn novel the name of which he couldn’t recall and The Next 100 Years, A Forecast for the 21st Century by

The Occupy movement’s hatred for authority is well known. Last fall, Occupy Baltimore was condemnedby the heads of three rape crisis centers after they published apamphlet which seemed to discourage victims from reporting rape topolice (preferring instead to handle such

One month before the 2008 election, candidate Obama gave an interviewto ABC’s Charlie Gibson after a campaign rally in Indiana. The topic ofthe interview was the economic crisis and what to do about it. Askedwhat he would do that would

Writing for Time magazine, Fareed Zakaria has made a solid argument for public sector pension reform. He makes no bones about who is at fault in what he labels “the single biggest threat to the U.S.’s fiscal health.” [O]n the

Have atheist groups won their battle to oust religious displays fromPalisades Park in Santa Monica? It looks that way. Last night the SantaMonica City Council voted to disallow any “unattended religious display” along Ocean Avenue. This effectively puts an end

In April, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed disheartening consequences for America’s energy policy at athink-tank event in Washington. Asked about President Obama’s decisionto put off a decision on the construction of the cross-border KeystoneXL pipeline, Harper explained that it

You’re probably familiar with the food stamp program which grew from $35 billion in 2008to $75 billion last year. But did you know that getting food stampsalso makes you eligible for a free government cell phone?  A programcalled Lifeline provides