One of “Saturday Night Live’s” funniest 1970s gags involved the Point-Counterpoint debates between fake newscasters Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin, punctuated by Aykroyd’s ...
It’s very tough to make a painful sacrifice if you see little chance that it will lead to something good for yourself or someone you care about.
That’s the position Gree...
It would be easy to call the gridlock in Congress laughable, except for the real impact it has on our everyday lives — such as the gridlock on highways.
Case in point is...
WASHINGTON — The most accomplished social scientist of the last half-century would occasionally visit his friend and Harvard colleague Pat Moynihan at the White House wh...
WASHINGTON — It turns out that “budget sequestration,” portrayed as an evenhanded way to spur bipartisan negotiations over budget deficits, is actually a dagger aimed at...
MILWAUKEE — President Obama has called for revitalizing U.S. manufacturing, while also promising to create 20,000 jobs for unemployed veterans. Both are laudable goals. ...
It’s never been hard to get a liberal’s goat, except in the case of the commune-type leftists who own actual goats. They watch the livestock closely.
But if hippie ire w...
One of the few areas where Republicans and Democrats in Congress generally agree has been transportation funding. This year, House Republicans managed to propose a trans...
Two weeks ago I wrote about the unfairness of the federal income tax system, saying we had to change it so the richest among us carry their fair share.
I have now seen n...
George W. Bush wasn’t to blame when gas prices surged above $4.50 a gallon in summer 2008, and President Barack Obama is not responsible for the 30-cents-a-gallon spike ...
