Is the freshman senator on an “ego trip,” putting himself before country (Dana Milbank, The Washington Post), or is he standing on his principles (Cruz’s conservative supporters)? ABC chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl says Cruz is “so hated” among GOP senators that “he’s going to need a food taster.” …

The issue of life is front and center this week, as several hundred thousand brave souls come to Washington to march from the White House to the Supreme Court in defense of it. A recent column by Peggy Noonan put into perspective how central the life issue is to everyone.She …

What is the worst problem in the world today? Might it be war, starvation, genocide, sectarian violence, murder, slaughter of babies in the womb? Any of these would be a rational answer. But when Pope Francis was asked this question recently, he replied, “Youth unemployment.” To be sure, youth unemployment …

Poor Barack Obama. Ending his fifth year as the world’s most powerful man, he is running out of scapegoats and fairy tales. Blaming George W. Bush has lost its punch, and the ObamaCare debacle is shredding the myths he is competent and honest. Still, before he rides off into that …

America has had some great presidents, many mediocre ones and a few bad ones. But we’ve never had one like Barack Obama. He’s the first who thinks the job is beneath him. He’s the first who turns political give-and-take into a crisis by refusing to negotiate with Congress. He’s the …

Superstorm Sandy’s devastation on shore was unprecedented, but Sandy also created a tragedy at sea that would become one of the most puzzling aspects of the disaster — the loss of a wooden sailing ship that had bizarrely sailed straight into the storm. A year later, that footnote to the …

For Americans, clean drinking water is something we take for granted. From water filtration systems to water pitcher filters to bottled water to even ice machines, it’s something that is just part of our everyday life. And that’s probably best illustrated by the fact that we waste an inordinate amount …

Someone ignited an improvised explosive device next to a war memorial cross that a prominent atheist group wanted removed from a public park in Coos Bay, Ore., an attorney for the city told Fox News. FOLLOW TODD ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSERVATIVE NEWS. CLICK HERE TO JOIN! An official statement on …

Slow growth and increasing inequality are ripping the social fabric of America—vanquishing the dreams of working families, saddling the young with onerous student debt and frustrating retirement plans. President Obama is stirring passions proposing government initiatives he hopes will stifle House Republican efforts to curb federal spending, but those can …

The preservation of explicit inequality in the law is hard to defend and maintain. Gravity, not to mention logic, pulls toward fairness. And our institutions, including the Constitution of the United States of America, lend gravity a hand. Wednesday, the Supreme Court correctly ruled that the so-called Defense of Marriage …