America's Uneasy 'Browning'

White babies are no longer a majority of new births, according to the Census Bureau. White supremacist groups have been having a "meltdown," says Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups.

Return of the Vampire Squid

Like a sequel to a bad horror movie, the "great vampire squid" is back. That was gonzo author Matt Taibbi's description in a 2009 Rolling Stone article of Goldman Sachs, the financial giant that played a central role in the 2008 financial meltdown.

Obama's Gay Marriage Gamble

As a political issue, same-sex marriage is like playing 3-D chess: Opponents of the idea need to move quickly because the game board is tilting slowly but steadily in favor of the other side.

Cliches Conservatives Say

Like many of us who pontificate for a living, my column-writing colleague Jonah Goldberg apparently toils away in daily frustration that so many people fail to take his political advice.