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In response to Ohio Senator Rob Portman’s recent reversal on “gay marriage,” House Speaker John Boehner said that, unlike his fellow partisan, he could never envision himself changing his mind on this topic.  “Listen,” he told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, “I believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman”…

Fortunately, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suffered an embarrassing defeat this week when a judge ruled that his now infamous “soda ban” failed to pass legal muster. Yet the Mayor, far from being disheartened, dug his feet in further and promised to appeal the court’s decision.  He also once more defended his decision for…

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis.  This son of Italians who emigrated to Argentine became all of the rage on Wednesday when he was elected Pope.  To be sure, for as ardently as its enemies wish its demise, the eagerness with which the world greeted Pope Francis proves that the Church, with its…

Rand Paul remains the talk of the town, and deservedly so.  However, more talk should be centering on his colleagues and critics in the Senate, John McCain and Lindsey Graham.   Recall, the Arizonan senator and former presidential candidate, quoting a Wall Street Journal editorial, said: “If Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs…
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