WASHINGTON — The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration’s push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown.
This is because nothing proposed in t...
The modern era has produced only a handful of larger-than-life political figures. Fewer still attained that status after breaking ethnic, racial or gender barriers.
Amon...
It was doubtless a well-intentioned move, but President Barack Obama’s gesture last week of saying he would be returning 5 percent of his salary, or $20,000, to the Trea...
With Obamacare’s main provisions only a few months from full implementation, the law is now moving through the economy like a statutory disruptor beam. It’s hard to see ...
WASHINGTON — She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaki...
The Obama administration is reacting responsibly to a series of provocations from North Korea, shoring up defenses while seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis. But...
During the 11 years that she served as Britain’s prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87, was loved by many and hated by others.
But history can’t r...
NEW YORK — The striking juxtaposition of the preternaturally perfect Angelina Jolie, waifish and wispy in a ghostly gown, and the punchy Pakistani schoolgirl Malala, her...
The best way to hire productive employees is to look for people with qualifications, talent, honesty and commitment. Now, however, a small but growing number of employer...
Cheating in schools was in the news this week. But it was not students cheating, it was administrators and teachers.
In Atlanta, a former superintendent was among 35 edu...
