President Barack Obama is rarely at a loss for words. But language seemed to fail him Thursday when he spoke about gun violence and the mass shooting that killed nine pe...
By Leonard Pitts
The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary.
It is where you go to worship, to seek fellowship and solace, and commune with your maker. The dictiona...
WASHINGTON — I am an optimist, both by temperament and observation. But I maintain my hopeful outlook partly because I know that less optimistic people will regularly se...
WASHINGTON — Isn’t America wonderful? Anyone can run for president. ANYONE.
Once again, Donald Trump has wormed his way into the national conversation even though three-...
So now we mourn.
We mourn for nine men and women killed Wednesday during a prayer meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
We mourn for ...
Remember the national debt? It’s been a while since members of Congress have warned us about it and talk of government shutdowns dominated the headlines. So, problem sol...
Congressional rejection of a key bill linked to President Obama’s free-trade agenda last week has been cast in terms of what it might mean for major players in Washingto...
At the Group of Seven meeting in Germany last week, President Barack Obama was talking tough on Russia. He urged his fellow leaders to stand together against “Russian ag...
The last time Jeb Bush ran for office, it was 13 years ago. Barack Obama was serving in the Illinois state Senate. No one had heard of Obamacare or the tea party, and wo...
Seven months have passed quickly since the Vatican announced that Pope Francis is coming to Philadelphia in September. With three months to go, there’s still a lot of pl...
