WASHINGTON — Elections can be about policy, personality or identity. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differences betwee...
WASHINGTON — The swift fall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer for patronizing a high-priced prostitution ring of the sort he once won fame for prosecuting leaves him unique...
Just once, I'd like to see a politician caught with his pants down (so to speak) not trot out his wronged wife to stand beside him as he issues his mea culpa. I'd like t...
WASHINGTON — One of the great surprises of my first presidential campaign, back in 1960, came on the final morning of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. ...
The level of fear and loathing in the U.S. Senate about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has little to do with the facts. It's akin to the black-helic...
You've got to give Howard Dean credit for chutzpah if nothing else.
But he might want to wonder if the White House is worth fighting with your own folks over a few (mill...
The Bush administration scared Congress and the American people into accepting the invasion of Iraq. What's really scary, as the fifth anniversary approaches this month,...
Americans are beginning to understand that the struggle against Islamic extremists hinges heavily on the fate of Afghanistan.
That country got shortchanged by our focus ...
WASHINGTON — The drama of this winter's presidential campaign obscures the fact that for most of us, the government services that most directly impact our lives are deli...
John McCain's journey from the slough of a near-bankrupt political campaign last summer to the summit of his party's nominee for president has been an improbable trek.
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