WASHINGTON — The first question I asked John McCain and then Barack Obama was: How do you feel about the tone and direction of the campaign so far?
No surprise. Both men...
Some of my Chicago friends who support Sen. Barack Obama already are speaking as if his victory is a done deal. I hate to burst their bubbles, but a nagging question sti...
Among the most courageous, truth-seeking figures of the past century, Alexander Solzhenitsyn stood particularly tall. Although he succumbed to age and illness this week,...
Imagine if a group of rabid creationists started firebombing the homes of University of California professors to prevent them from teaching evolution. Area politicians w...
If you could boil down the ideal U.S. energy policy to a few words it would be this: We have to stop buying foreign oil. U.S. dependence on it creates too much political...
WASHINGTON — Senators are great glad-handers, not just with their constituents but with each other. Every time a vote is called, they mill around in front of the rostrum...
WASHINGTON — As the presidential candidates enter the three-month sprint to November, Barack Obama must be wondering: If
that did not do it, what will? The antecede...
The tabloid story that everybody's talking about — but almost no one is writing about — has created an interesting debate on the Internet about the dueling roles of old/...
The decision to extend renewable energy tax credits should be an easy one for the U.S. Senate.
Republicans and Democrats alike have championed these incentives for the s...
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. She won't e...
