WASHINGTON — In the final moments of what may turn out to be the last debate of the Democratic presidential campaign, Barack Obama paid gracious tribute to his opponent,...
WASHINGTON — Everyone knows the First Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly. How many remember that, in addition, the First Amendment protec...
Hillary Clinton opened fire on Barack Obama across an array of issues, but saved the really big guns for health care: "Of all our differences," said Hillary in Rhode Isl...
A Dallas friend recently joked that he was thinking of answering his telephone, "Republicans for Obama."
If he does, he might find company, especially among moderate Rep...
President Bush's trip to Africa and promise of increased foreign aid will do little or nothing to solve the ongoing tragedy in most places on the south-of-Sahara African...
I find few things as maddening as when economists try to convince Americans that the middle class and poor are far better off today than a generation or two ago because ...
WASHINGTON — From Pakistan to Serbia, and recurrently in Iraq, the headlines point to the dangers of the world — most notably the threat of terrorism. And yet when the p...
A veto threat from President George W. Bush has persuaded Congress to take another crack at a new five-year farm bill. But so far, key lawmakers are suggesting minor rep...
WASHINGTON — Much has been made of the religious tenor of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Reports of women weeping and swooning — even of an audience applauding wh...
Since John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign has been searching for the right surrogate to convince skeptical conservatives that he re...
