The pendulum isn’t done. The next swing could bring a renewed appreciation for government, a creative spark, new career possibilities, or laughter with someone you meet at a dance class.

When you set the pendulum swinging it will continue to swing in the same direction unless it is pushed or pulled in some other direction. (This is due to a basic law of nature called Newton's First ...

Last week, as Joseph Stalin’s armies thundered into the eastern Reich, the pendulum was swinging back to rosy optimism. Perhaps, once more, it was swinging too far. There was no optimism in Germany.