Stimulus spending has been the core of President Obama's economic policy from the start — from before the start, actually, because his $787 billion stimulus plan was des...
Small business owners understandably are nervous about changes coming with health care reform. But then again, health care headaches are nothing new in their world.
The ...
Experts have been sparring for decades over the impact of tax rates on the economy, an unresolved debate that raged a little louder after President Obama argued in a spe...
As President Obama weighs his options for adding jobs and pumping up the economy — amid ever-louder calls for spending cuts — he might look back for guidance to Franklin...
WASHINGTON — Looking back with pride, the British are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, when Churchill said of the pilots fighting the Luftwaf...
Fellow Americans, we're fat.
Not all of us, but a lot — more than enough to prod our government into action.
Last month, just days after a report from the U.S. Centers f...
Dear Muslim World,
I am writing you today as an American citizen who is deeply embarrassed by current events in my country.
First, let me say that I am not representing...
With summer over, many Americans savor memories of sun and fun. Yet for others —women especially — summer is actually a busier-than-normal time.
When schools let out, wo...
It's tempting to ignore a Florida pastor's plans to burn copies of the Quran, and deny him the publicity he so obviously craves.
(As of today's news deadline, it was...
PHILADELPHIA — For decades, Pennsylvania has perfected a unique politics of ambivalence in its Senate races, sending to Washington nonconformists who do not fit comforta...