President Bush, during his State of the Union address, said, “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” I decided to check o...
If you want to understand how difficult it is to cut the federal deficit — it will surpass $400 billion in the 2007 budget — take a look at the Byrne grants. Named after...
WASHINGTON — The federal budget, for all its bewildering detail, sketches a remarkably clear picture of the priorities of any administration. Congress always puts its ow...
WASHINGTON — The Senate, which fancies itself the world’s most exclusive club, has its Sir John Hawkins. He was the 18th century musicologist whom Samuel Johnson called ...
A rare bit of good news recently trickled out about Medicare's new prescription-drug entitlement. The entitlement will cost $678 billion over 10 years, rather than the $...
This present insanity supposedly started with a story about an author who couldn't find an illustrator for a book about the Prophet Muhammad. But that story could have b...
What if the world went up in a mushroom cloud over a cartoon — or because of a photograph of some reveler dressed up like a pig?
Well, of course, that would be absurd, a...
In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan pounded home one of the most potent slogans of all time: "Government is not the solution to our problem; government IS the problem."
Reagan's...
This might be the most significant thing I write in 2006 because it could result in helping someone get or stay healthy.
There's a private-industry program, Together Rx ...
WASHINGTON — The upset victory of Rep. John Boehner of Ohio in the contest for majority leader of the House reflects the nervousness of congressional Republicans about t...
