It's a deeply felt conviction among liberals that they are the caring party. It's not too much to say that liberals are quite confident that they are nicer, more moral people than conservatives.

It must require truly titanic powers of denial for the "moral" and "compassionate" party to maintain its position on abortion -- a position that leads them into some macabre rationalizations. Consciences among the morally superior party are agreeably quiescent.

With Port of Miami Director Bill Johnson at his side, Florida Gov. Rick Scott addressed the Tallahassee press Monday, dismissing President Obama's visit as "late to the party" on coming up with Florida port investments.

Obama appeared in Miami late last week to build support for his plan to secure more infrastructure funding.

Were certainly glad President Obama visited the Port of Miami ... but he was late ..." Scott told reporters Monday. "We know 550,000 jobs in Florida are tied directly to our ports."

In recent days, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania shows clear signs of making a second run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

Despite fundraising problems, despite being dismissed by many political experts early in2012, Santorum placed second in the Republican primaries behind Mitt Romney. Rallying social conservatives to his banner, Santorum took almost 4 million votes (more than 20 percent of all ballots cast) and won 11 primaries and caucuses, including edging Romney by 34 votes in Iowa.

When a liberal newspaper tells you it is setting the record straight, watch out.

Forty years ago, American railroads were in trouble. The Penn Central, the largest railroad, had recently gone bankrupt.