Our policy in Afghanistan might remain the same under Gen. David Petraeus, but his confirmation hearing last week offered fascinating clues about the very different way ...
Now that we've all had the pleasure of paying for Wall Street's last collapse, who should be on the hook for the next one? That question underlies the long-running rheto...
WASHINGTON — In the days since I suggested that President Obama's rhetorical style mimics feminine tropes, I've been informed of the following:
One, a black man cannot ...
The United States spends $7,290 per person on health care, much more than other developed nations, a study has found.
While political opponents try to churn up disconten...
Pete Sessions recognizes there are no certainties in politics.
After all, it took him three tries to win a seat in Congress representing Dallas and two to gain the chair...
WASHINGTON — The paradox of Robert Byrd's life — and the reason his death was recognized by his Senate colleagues as so significant a milestone — is the balance he struc...
The world's economic powerhouses left Toronto over the weekend parroting a message they wouldn't have uttered a year ago: It's time to stop hocking our futures by spendi...
WASHINGTON — If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama might be our first woman president.
Phew. That was fun. N...
For the second time in four years, a president has asked Gen. David Petraeus to ride to the rescue.
Having sacked Gen. Stanley McChrystal for disrespectful behavior, Pre...
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR5175, also known as the Disclose Act, by a 219-206 vote. "Disclose," you see, is an acronym for "Democracy Is Stren...
