Samuel Alito finally joined the U.S. Supreme Court this week after a bruising confirmation battle. He was caricatured by critics as a right-wing automaton who would move...
WASHINGTON — Hillary blew it.
That was the instant reaction in the room where I watched Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. It was such a simple thing, but the s...
As a climate scientist living in central Pennsylvania, it would be remiss of me not to comment on the recent Groundhog Day, because human action may soon change it forev...
By GEORGIE ANNE GEYER
WASHINGTON — There’s a new word going around town that wonderfully characterizes America at this moment in its history. It is “truthiness,” and it ...
WASHINGTON — The George Bush who stood in the chamber of the House of Representatives on Tuesday night, facing the members of Congress and a worldwide television audienc...
More than a million mini-vans were sold in the U.S. last year, a spectacular marketing triumph given that nobody actually wants one.
In particular, nobody wants a Ford F...
House Republicans are stumbling over one another as they rush into the nunnery, hoping to distance themselves from the corrupt lobby culture they helped create. You can ...
Google gives life to the Eric Hoffer observation, "People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them."
Google painted itself as heroic in re...
"Time after time, observers have questioned whether this country, or that people, or this group, are 'ready' for democracy -- as if freedom were a prize you win for meet...
With all the talk in Congress these days about lobbying reform, here's another idea lawmakers should consider: Stop allowing a few members of one party, operating behind...
