WASHINGTON — While terrorist bombs were blowing up in the Moscow subway, Washington, D.C., was enjoying a week of unusual peace and quiet. Congress was in recess and the...
For many decades, U.S. government securities have been the epitome of safe, dull investments. If you wanted to be absolutely positive you'd get your money back and then ...
Last week, I asked U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., the pro-life Democrat whose crucial remarks on the floor of the House were interrupted by the "baby killer!" shout, wh...
Forgive us for not jumping up and down with delight over the Obama administration's latest plan, announced Friday, to help stem the tide of foreclosures. The changes wil...
WASHINGTON — After more than a year when the spotlight remained fixed on the doctor's office and the hospital room, attention switches this week to the classrooms of Ame...
Now that health care reform is signed into law, the Obama administration has education reform in its sights. The White House has been throwing out ideas fast, culminatin...
Already, the political dynamic on health care has started to change. Though Democrats still face a skeptical public, Republicans have a greater burden.
The GOP still mig...
It is an old saying in Washington: "The president proposes, but Congress disposes."
Congress might well dispose of the president's plan for NASA, but if all lawmakers do...
WASHINGTON — As the night follows the day, the VAT cometh.
With the passage of Obamacare, creating a vast new middle-class entitlement, a national sales tax of the kind ...
WASHINGTON — No one waited longer for the passage of health care reform than John Dingell, so it was only right that no one smiled more broadly than the 83-year-old cong...
