WASHINGTON — The most important political news last week came from across the Atlantic, where the coalition government of British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an...
Democrats may be headed for a double whammy at the polls next month.
Besides significant losses in the 2010 midterm elections, results in key states could make it harder...
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...
