Back in the 1970s, the comedy group Firesign Theater used to perform a sketch featuring huckster named Happy Harry Cox who inveigled money from his followers by warning ...
WASHINGTON — For all the hyped indignation over GOP “anarchism,” there has been remarkable media reticence about the president’s intransigence. He has refused to negotia...
WASHINGTON — Here's a way out. President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders meet at the White House. After the meeting, the president anno...
We can only imagine the rapid heartbeats as U.S. forces staged two bold raids against terrorist leaders in Africa over the weekend. Our commandos’ chests likely throbbed...
WASHINGTON — The government “shutdown” can teach us a lot about American politics. Even after it’s over, a central question will remain. Why did they do it? Why did cong...
The online health insurance exchanges promised by Obamacare promptly opened for business last week and just as promptly crashed. People seeking to sign up for insurance,...
Ever since Obamacare’s stormy passage in early 2010, Democrats have been waiting anxiously for the program to go into effect and hoping that a dose of reality would calm...
You know Beanie Babies, those delightful little stuffed animals that were a sensation with children and collectors in the 1990s. They made a fortune for Ty Warner, a Chi...
Even some of its strongest supporters concede that President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act is an imperfect law, passed in an imperfect way.
“Anytime you implement s...
A vast scholarly literature exists on the subject of leadership. The characteristics of effective leaders have been pored over, cataloged and debated. Among them, one tr...
