Barack Obama is on a roll. Every day brings fresh proof of his surge: He outperformed Hillary Clinton's vaunted machine in the early fund-raising and a new poll has him ...
WASHINGTON — Here's a Washington political riddle where you fill in the blanks: "As Alberto Gonzales is to the Republicans, Blank Blank is to the Democrats — a continuin...
When Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Law in late 2001, it focused attention on an admirable goal: All children should receive the educational opportunities that...
I'm sick over the Virginia Tech story. But I'm sickened of the Virginia Tech "story."
That is, it's at moments like this — the "aftermath" stage of some horrible event ...
At the supermarket you'll find eggs from vegetarian-fed hens and apples grown without the use of pesticides. Or you can buy regular old eggs and apples. But you get the ...
The 32 murders at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) shocked the nation, but what are some of the steps that can be taken to reduce the probability that such a massacr...
It happened again just a few days ago. At a stoplight, a disembodied hand dangled out the window of the car ahead, holding a cigarette. The cigaretted hand moved inside ...
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced two unappealing possibilities in his testimony to Congress on Thursday. He could admit that he was largely out of the loop on som...
WASHINGTON — What can be said about the Virginia Tech massacre? Very little. What should be said? Even less.
The lives of 32 innocents, chosen randomly and without purpo...
WASHINGTON — From the clamor following the Supreme Court's ruling to ban partial-birth abortion, one might assume that American women have been robbed of choice.
In fact...