Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.

Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy.

The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never find each other offline.

A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.

The gap between being a bad person and being a criminal is often wide.