WASHINGTON — As a rule, I’m not one to occupy a bench in the whiny women’s section. In fact, I’ve built a career around this disinclination.
Having been raised by a man ...
WASHINGTON — I stayed up late Wednesday night in hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court would call off the execution of Troy Davis. Instead, at 11:08 p.m., he was pronounced ...
Pity the poor “super committee.” Congress’ special task force on the deficit already had a mission that looked nearly impossible: producing a plan to reduce the federal ...
Obama administration defenders argue that high-tech “green energy” companies are inherently risky and need a boost from government subsidies.
In principle, that’s not in...
With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks just three days after President Barack Obama’s big jobs speech to Congress, you’d think it would inspi...
When Pat Buchanan kicked off the 1992 GOP convention with his “angry-man speech” about the decline of American culture, I was in the press section, thinking, “that’s jus...
At a time when most state budgets are facing massive deficits, it doesn’t make sense to ignore any potential new revenue. And when it comes to sales taxes on Internet sa...
The two most visible figures in the U.S. debt crisis, House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama, are busy playing 2012 politics. So busy that they’re overloo...
If you get your hip replaced in the United States, the orthopedic surgeon who performs the procedure will earn, on average, about $4,000 from your private insurance comp...
WASHINGTON — It must take some getting used to. Leon Panetta, the secretary of defense, knows the Pentagon is under 24-hour cyber siege. There constantly are thousands o...
