After more than two years, President Obama’s national security policy looks all too familiar: like President Bush’s policy.
You remember the Bush doctrine? Its most prom...
According to the latest survey of Things Americans Are Ignorant About, high school and middle school students don’t know much about civics.
The report, released two week...
President Obama sought Thursday to recalibrate the United States’ response to the Arab Spring, giving new weight to issues of democracy, freedom and human rights in its ...
SACRAMENTO — In 1967, five years after California became the most populous state, novelist Wallace Stegner said California — energetic, innovative, hedonistic — was Amer...
As much as the recent collective-bargaining fight in Wisconsin was about ideology and politics, it was also about math. State revenues were down, so budget cuts were nee...
Ten years after 9/11, the United States has yet to get serious about cybersecurity. That is a sad, sad reality.
The Obama administration laid out plans last week to make...
NEW YORK — Once upon a time, Ma would say: “Sit up and eat your vegetables.” Pa said: “Don’t talk with your mouth full.”
Other common utterances included: “Go outside an...
Most everyone agrees the federal budget is out of control. Annual budget deficits that averaged $300 billion under President George W. Bush have risen to $1.4 trillion u...
The incestuous relationship between Congress and lobbyists is well documented. A congressman or senator loses re-election or retires then moves over to K Street for a we...
In a scene reminiscent of the congressional hearing where tobacco company executives innocently denied that nicotine is addictive, oil company executives solemnly told C...
