At the Democratic convention in Denver last summer, then-Sen. Barack Obama pledged to "finish the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan."
Lately Obama has toned down ...
The $700 billion bank bailout is now one year old, but the federal government still is keeping many details secret from taxpayers.
The rescue program, initiated by then-...
Christmas is probably unconstitutional.
I'm no lawyer, but the logic seems unassailable to me. Consider: Santa Claus aside, Christmas is an explicitly Christian holiday ...
There's a reason employers give their workers "benefits." From free parking to health insurance, the goal is to make employees happier. That way, they'll stay with the c...
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote that sunlight is the best disinfectant. Government officials, however, often prefer to work under a cloak of darkness, le...
WASHINGTON — The genius of democracy is the rotation of power, which forces the opposition to be serious — particularly about things like war, about which until Jan. 20 ...
It's about time supporters of real health care reform started fighting fire with fire.
Private insurance companies and the lawmakers who do their bidding were celebratin...
WASHINGTON — One of the intriguing mysteries of this year is why the initial broad support from American business for overhauling the health care system has not translat...
The Air Force is asking for new bids on a $40 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers, and taxpayers can only hope the decision this time isn't hijacked by politic...
WASHINGTON — In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas' trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there. Their separate spe...
