WASHINGTON — If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however...
An odd thing happened in this year's presidential election: Religion didn't play a major role. The diminishing of its place could set an appropriate precedent for the 20...
KABUL, Afghanistan — It appears that millions of dollars paid by international forces to rent a piece of land in Logar province for use as an airstrip went to six well-c...
Well, isn’t this another fine mess? We’ve gotten to the point that hard-liners on both sides are starting to say, “Jump!” — let the “fiscal cliff” happen. You wonder wha...
The partisan debate over how to reform the nation’s immigration system has been stalled in Congress for the better part of a dec-ade. Republicans shoulder much of the bl...
In 10 years of U.S. contracting boondoggles in Iraq and Afghanistan, perhaps the most notorious is the Jadriyah Lake Water Park on the Tigris River in Baghdad.
Like most...
The bad news about the good news involving Route 228 is that completion of the project won’t be soon enough for motorists who regularly deal with the traffic congestion ...
WASHINGTON — The story behind the story is that “tax reform,” as we know it, is dying. During the 1980s, no major piece of legislation better symbolized bipartisan conse...
WASHINGTON — Let’s understand President Obama’s strategy in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. It has nothing to do with economics or real fiscal reform. This is entirely ...
“What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further. We have to signal seriousness in...
