NEW YORK — Over the last three decades, when American officials would (gently) press Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak to stop jailing his opponents and initiate more democratic ref...
The fight over immigration reform has the potential to become a pivotal moment in American political history. Make the wrong decision, and the Republican Party will join...
The White House delayed for one year a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that small businesses provide health insurance to its employees.
This provision, commonl...
WASHINGTON — The economy stagnates. Syria burns. Scandals lap at his feet. China and Russia mock him, even as a “29-year-old hacker” revealed his nation’s spy secrets to...
In 2011, Egyptians poured into the streets of Cairo and other cities demanding that the military give up power and make way for a democratic revolution. This week, they ...
Teachers rightly complain they are too often blamed for every shortcoming in America’s public schools today.
It certainly is not teachers’ fault that too many schools, e...
WASHINGTON — In the 1780s, the son of a farmer in south-central Pennsylvania purchased from his father 116 acres where two roads intersected. He laid out 210 lots for a ...
For anyone who favors marriage equality, Wednesday was a good day, and a historic one. The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act b...
WASHINGTON — Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it. Last week, the Suprem...
President Obama’s omnibus proposal to combat global warming addresses the issue in all its many facets — truck emissions, high-level diplomacy, more federal land for sol...
