Health insurance companies have declared war on President Obama's health care plan.
They are sending letters to policyholders announcing big premium increases and pointi...
When a savage earthquake nearly destroyed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince in January, the world responded at once. Food, medicine, makeshift shelter, and brigades ...
Though the actual voting is still two weeks away, it seems clear that this midterm election cycle will be defined by a surprising presence and a remarkable absence.
The ...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg takes a healthy interest in society's eating habits. At times his ideas are visionary, such as requiring chain restaurants to list nutri...
When Lee Hamilton arrived in Washington, Lyndon B. Johnson was president and Barack Obama was 3 years old. The moderate Democrat represented Indiana in the House from 19...
In April, I traveled around eastern Afghanistan with an extraordinary British aid worker, Linda Norgrove. I have a photo of her dressed in a long, black skirt and loose ...
WASHINGTON — With Barack Obama restoring solar panels to the White House roof — the first were put there by Jimmy Carter — will Carter's cardigan sweater be reprised? Th...
WASHINGTON — When the election is over, prizes and trophies and hosannas will be issued left and right. But why wait? As a public service, I present an infallibly presci...
WASHINGTON — Dipping back into conversation in the capital on a brief break from the campaign trail, I heard members of Congress, lobbyists and political operatives stew...
NEW YORK — If you haven't been humming tunes from "Les Miserables," you haven't seen "Inside Job," the new documentary about how our economic crisis evolved.
The most fo...
