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'I see a bright day coming for America'
By President George W. Bush

President George W. Bush's Inaugural Address

Still digging
by David Warren

Planned Parenthood: More Abortions, Fewer Clinics
By Randy Hall
Planned Parenthood annual report (link in PDF)

Reuters
Cheney Says Iran Tops List of Trouble Spots

True Confessions: A Democrat Likes George
By Lanny J. Davis, Lanny J. Davis, President Clinton's special counsel from 1996 to 1998.

NY Times
The Man Who Puts Words in the President's Mouth Defends His Style

W. Post
Bush's References to God Defended by Speechwriter
President Does Not Claim Divinity Is on His Side, Gerson Contends

Newsweek
Bush Gets a New Voice for Second Term
Michael Gerson, the chief speechwriter during the president’s first term, is expected to be replaced by William McGurn of The Wall Street Journal. How will the change impact the White House message?

The Pre-Emption Presidency
Bush promises to solve problems that are optional as politics.

The Republican Moment
Will the GOP have the courage, at last, to change the face of government?
by Paul Gigot

The ballot, not the bullet, will see off Iraq's religious terrorists
By John Keegan

The Thought of Sayyid Qutb: Radical Islam's Philosophical
by Luke Loboda

LA Times
Bush Rewarded by Black Pastors' Faith
His stands, backed by funding of ministries, redefined the GOP's image with some clergy.

NY Sun
Schumer Accuses Bush Of Plot on 'Blue States'

NY Sun
Official: Economy Threatens Israel More Than Terror

An American In Paris
by Thomas Freidman

NY Sun editorial
John Fitzgerald Bush

Boston Globe
Sen. Clinton urges use of faith-based initiatives

No basketball player left behind
by Marvin Olasky
Leftists love to talk about the structural problems that purportedly keep down the poor, and by that they mean a free market system.

The First Amendment fights for its life
by Emmett Tyrrell
The present acrimonious controversy that Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, finds himself in reminds me of something I have suspected for years.

Social Insecurity?
by Thomas Sowell
The latest liberal spin on Social Security is that there is no problem. Of course, there is no problem with any obligation if you are willing to welsh when it comes time to pay it.

You're too stupid to manage your own money
by Larry Elder
Former Democratic vice-presidential contender Geraldine Ferraro inadvertently revealed the real reason behind Democrats' resistance to the president's proposal of Social Security partial privatization.

It's time to reform Social Security
by George Will
What constitutes a crisis is a matter of opinion, and everyone is entitled to his or her own. But not to his or her own facts.

It's our party, you can cry if you want to
by Ann Coulter
Hollywood liberals could not be reached for comment on the cost of the inauguration because they were being fitted for gowns and jewelry worth millions of dollars in anticipation of Oscar night.

It's time the free world began seriously fighting the war of ideas
by Clifford D. May
In a sense, Americans and Europeans are paying for the propagation of hate speech – supplying, for example, al Manar spokesmen with a megaphone to urge people to kill us.

Ineffable bawdiness
by Kate Bowman

What they said about God in '04
Lots of folks had lots to say about religion, spirituality, morality and God in 2004. Here (in no particular order) are some of the best -- or at least some of the most intriguing -- spiritual thoughts I've heard this year.

The Grand Rapids Press
Passionate pop
U2 Is Not A Traditional Christian Rock Group, But Their Spirituality is Undeniable.

E! Online
Hutt Wheels for Sale
Apparently, Jabba the Hutt's ride can be quite the chick magnet.

AP
JPMorgan: Predecessors Linked to Slavery