Spending restraint is sound policy but awful politics.
That's the conventional wisdom among a Republican congressional majority that, haunted by memories of the 1995 gov...
WASHINGTON — The hoariest jest in conservatism's repertoire is that the three least credible assertions in the English language are "The check is in the mail," "Of cours...
"Eat your vegetables so you'll grow up to be big and strong."
I'll bet there aren't many of us who didn't hear that phrase or something very close to it come out of our ...
Lately, the news has been infused with a couple of drops of ointment that may have soothed some readers' nerves, frayed by endless reports of conflict.
First came a repo...
There are few targets on earth easier than Madonna.
I should know, having sighted her in the crosshairs many times over the years. Not that I'm the only one. Between her...
The United States and the international community are failing the people of Darfur. More than three years into the crisis in western Sudan, and two years since the White...
"The violence is, indeed, disheartening," Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV told reporters last week. "In Baghdad alone, we've seen a 22 percent increase in attacks durin...
For months, the Iraq war has been reduced to a stark choice: Baghdad or bust. Either the U.S. and Iraqi forces would pacify the capital, or the mission would unravel.
It...
"Let me put it bluntly," President George W. Bush told a St. Louis audience, "We are too dependent on oil." Bush made a similarly blunt point during his State of the Uni...
If you're worried that the newfangled electronic voting machines are a threat to the integrity of our democracy, rest assured: You're not just being paranoid.
This is a ...
