One of my favorite memories of covering the New Hampshire presidential primary (and I was part of the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 contests) was a live broadcast I did (twice) from the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester. In what must be seen as the end of an era, the restaurant has closed. It's too bad. I can still see Bob Kerry working the room serving coffee to patrons while Bill Bradley was at my table being interviewed by me on the air, and Alan Keyes having a big breakfast, surrounded by media folks, after his interview slot. It was a lot of fun.

Lawrence Summers believes we are at a very dangerous moment in our economic history.

Bill Kristol has some thoughts on the enduring power of the words in the Declaration of Independence.

John Bolton sees the North Korean nuclear deal as a sign of the intellectual meltdown of the Bush Administration.

Bob Novak says Obama is dodging and weaving on the gun issue.

Of course, this is just one part of the overall issue, which is about the character and beliefs of Barack Obama. Is he a far-left ideologue in the McGovern mold who is campaigning as a centrist in order to get elected, as Victor Davis Hanson believes? Or is he really a centrist who told his left-wing base what they wanted to hear in order to get the nomination, but will run and govern as a Clinton-like centrist if elected, as Paul Krugman fears? I tend to lean toward Hanson's view, but I suspect Krugman's fears are justified, as it seems Obama has a certain political ruthlessness that makes no supporter or idea safe when jettisoning it, or them, becomes politically expedient.