In a week devoted to cures for our growing economic ills, Barack Obama made the conventional political promise: To every "middle-class" American, a chicken in every pot,...
If religion were not so entwined in American politics, there would be little controversy about federal aid to faith-based charities.
Does anyone doubt that the Salvation...
In Spain, Pamplona has its annual running of the bulls. Sweetwater, Texas, has its Rattlesnake Roundup. And Washington has the annual farce of the physicians' Medicare f...
Until recently, one of the biggest raps against Barack Obama from conservatives was his delicate dance around any issue that might upset his core constituents. How can h...
When did teen pregnancy become entertaining?
You know, the stuff of a break-out summer comedy, an Oscar-winning independent film, and now the ABC Family series "The Secr...
WASHINGTON — If you read Monday morning's sports headlines, you learned that Rafael Nadal "dethroned" and "shocked" tennis champion Roger Federer at Wimbledon.
He won, i...
Despite Congress' periodic hauling of weak-kneed oil executives before their committees to charge them with collusion and price-gouging, subsequent federal investigation...
Bill Gates, a man who already has changed the world twice, is looking for a threepeat.
First, he led Microsoft for more than three decades, shaping and commandeering the...
WASHINGTON — You'll notice Barack Obama is now wearing a flag pin. Again. During the primary campaign, he refused to, explaining that he'd worn one after 9/11 but then s...
"The curtains pull away. They come to the door. And they know. They always know."
— Maj. Steve Beck, U.S. Marine Corps
WASHINGTON — Sometimes Beck would linger in hi...
