Most people holding down a full-time job at a handsome salary would show up for work five days a week. But members of the U.S. House aren't like most people.
Members met...
It has the support of most Americans, several Nobel Prize-winning economists and Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott.
"It" is a long-overdue increase in the federal minimum wage, whi...
Last month, the nation's leaders were still debating whether they could afford to tackle global warming. Today, they should be asking whether they can afford not to.
A g...
WASHINGTON — On the 65th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the pieces moved into place for a foreign policy-national security debate as consequential as any thi...
The Iraq Study Group's report on how to confront the disastrous U.S. involvement in Iraq and point to a possible way out is a tribute to the political and diplomatic ski...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The holiday season is upon us and the word is Barack. Everywhere I go, I get the same question: "What about Barack Obama?"
The Illinois senator has pene...
Yes, he could be a blunt man. But John Bolton surprised many people by pretty effectively working the room at the United Nations, especially on difficult issues such as ...
Those who could bear the exaggerated courtesies and compliments got to witness something extraordinary happen in the United States Senate the other day: There was clear ...
It sounds like a no-brainer: The Democrats promise to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices for Medicare. Who could be against that?
Here's the problem: On...
Diplomacy has never been the strong suit of President Bush's administration. No wonder the Senate balked last year at confirming cantankerous John Bolton as United Natio...
