Mitt Romney has finally figured out what to do with his vanquished rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. They will be his senior advisers on race relations.

There are two ways to run against Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record or you can run against his ideas.

While on vacation a few weeks ago, I picked up the TV remote in our rental cottage and studied it. Then I put it down and took a nap.

Other dreams may be equal to this one, but few are as accessible. Every able-bodied human being on the planet can and has run, knows the feeling of running full speed — as fast as you can — and the exhilaration of crossing a finish line, or not.