WASHINGTON — There was a make-believe quality to President Obama’s second inaugural address, as if all that’s required to solve serious problems are the intelligence to ...
President Obama’s second inaugural address was a ringing affirmation of Democratic priorities and a resolute defense of federal safety-net programs. But there’s little c...
Yes, it can be done. We can — and should — reduce the extravagant prices, the highest in the world, that Medicare pays for some serv-ices, before we start to reduce the ...
The House GOP seems to have extricated itself from a bind that could have damaged both the American economy and its own political future. Frustrated by Democrats’ opposi...
On the eve of Inauguration Day, White House political strategist David Plouffe promised that President Obama’s inaugural address would include a call for bipartisan coop...
President Barack Obama is off to a good start this year with his frank approach to gun regulation, recognizing the right to bear arms but calling out the hypocrisy of eq...
Some lists, like Dave Letterman’s Top 10 list, are just for fun. Others, like the increasingly popular best-or-worst places lists — to retire, for singles or to start a ...
Syria has become the world’s ugliest reality show. Anyone with access to YouTube can watch grisly videos of Syrian government aircraft deliberately bombing civilians — i...
Lance Armstrong’s confession, after years of aggressive denial that he took banned substances, reveals the magnitude of the challenge drug testers face. Armstrong was te...
WASHINGTON — The “legacy thing” may be harder than Barack Obama imagines. Beginning his second term, Obama has a focused, though unstated, agenda: to achieve presidentia...
