Many people thought this would be the administration in which U.S. relations with Cuba finally changed for the better.
Perhaps it was because President Bush had a reputa...
A friend gave me Doris Kearns Goodwin's new biography of Abraham Lincoln for Christmas. I normally don't read 800-page lugs, but "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of...
A cancer is growing deep in our political system. Powerful lobbyists are providing lavish trips, expensive meals and key campaign contributions not just on K Street in W...
“It was what made this EU Three approach so successful. They (Britain, France and Germany) stood together and they had one uniform position.”
— German Chancellor Ang...
Jack Abramoff, the Washington lobbyist who’s pled guilty to charges of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion, has showered millions of dollars on the campaign coffers of bot...
WASHINGTON — If Steven Spielberg had made a fictional movie about the psychological disintegration of a revenge assassin, that would have been fine. Instead, he decided ...
Without question, a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a terribly destabilizing threat to the Middle East and the rest of the world. Tehran has not yet acquired that capabili...
President Bush's tax cuts are scheduled to expire by the end of 2010, and last week he came to Chicago to explain why they should be made permanent. "Americans are going...
WASHINGTON — Disraeli knew of a lady who asked a gentleman if he believed in Platonic friendship. He replied, "After, but not before." For congressional Republicans, aft...
WASHINGTON — President Bush is getting what he wants in the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito. The designated successor to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor emerg...
