So the battle is finally joined. Without further ado, here are some utilitarian tips for Barack Obama and John McCain, offered in the spirit of helping each reach full p...
As the price of oil creeps beyond $4 per gallon, Americans struggle to reorient their driving habits and wonder whether this crisis has an end. Experts say that high fue...
Let me say this for Our Betters in Europe: Not only do they pay obscenely high gasoline taxes, and hence prices at the pump, but also, at least until recently, they've s...
WASHINGTON — It's pretty obvious what was the most overhyped political story last week. The honors clearly go to the Hillary Clinton drama: Will she stand down? Will she...
WASHINGTON — So now we know: The price point is $4.
At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up, and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like craz...
WASHINGTON — The history-making moment with which we're now all familiar seems to have surpassed inevitability and entered the realm of foregoneness.
There seems no stop...
Of course Hillary Rodham Clinton would be willing to be Barack Obama's running mate. Look at her marriage and tell me she won't settle for second place.
Clinton's adult ...
Superbad.
It would be nice to think that that word only applied to last year's hit movie and had comedic appeal. Sadly, "Superbad" also is an appropriate word for Congre...
WASHINGTON — Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saud...
WASHINGTON — Hope. Change. Hope and change. Hope 'n' change. Say the words often enough and they begin to take hold, attaching themselves lichen-like to the psyche.
Soon...