Guest Opinions

By Michael Barone: On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to...

By Peter Orszag: The nation stands on the verge of achieving fundamental health-care reform.

By Chris Honoré: How to even begin to puzzle out what is taking place in America regarding the civil rights of gays — it defies understanding.

By Jonathan Turley: When minors die from a lack of parental care, it is usually a matter of criminal neglect and is often tried as murder; but courts...

By Susan Estrich: I really hate defending Sarah Palin.

By Froma Harrop: Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence.

For some people, the violent acts of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings, is a mark against every believer.

By Leah Ireland: The first time in the Elks Club is a visit to a forgotten time in America.

By James McWilliams: It's hard to avoid concluding that eating cannot be personal — what I eat influences you; what you eat influences me...

As I See It:

By Rich Lowry: Hey, Barack.

By Amy Goodman: Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of "The...

By John Fox: Thank you for the courage you showed by protecting the citizens of Ashland from the blight of naked people within the city limits.

By Michael Barone: Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on the past and on what it might mean for the future.

By Lenore Skenazy: What's disturbing is the idea that parents think they can control every single thing their children see, hear and experience.

By EJ Dionne Jr: For some years, Democrats have denounced parodies casting their party as utterly closed to the views of those who oppose abortion.

By Gwyeth Smith: To their surprise, I explain that I'd rather see most of these young men and women far from a campus for a while.

By Russy Sumariwalla: I am not a scientist nor a climatologist, but I have thought a lot about this highly complex, controversial and earth-shaking...

By Susan Estrich: You've got to hand it to Nancy Pelosi.

By Susan Reimer: When Barack Obama was elected president, some credit was given to what pundits called the "Cosby Factor."

By Thomas Garson: All Internet service providers advertise connection rates, but none of them can guarantee them under any circumstances, because the...

By Froma Harrop: The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York's 23rd congressional district.

By Lenore Skenazy: A goliath of gray, huge beyond human proportions, the USS New York sits in the Hudson River, here to be commissioned in the city...

By Petula Dvorak: Some women who change their names do so after being crushed by the bureaucracy that comes with two names, kids and endless...

By Michael Barone: As the final votes were being counted, it was possible to draw some lessons from Republican Bob McDonnell's victory in Virginia...