Barack Obama wants to campaign on his ideals, but he also wants to win. Indeed, if you want to gauge the gap between his principles and his pragmatics, just follow the m...
The latest economic headlines conjure up memories of Jimmy Carter in a sweater. Inflation is up. Gasoline prices are hitting records. The economy is sputtering. The ayat...
WASHINGTON — We are barely at the beginning of the long period in which most Americans will give their first serious scrutiny to the presidential candidates and decide w...
"We can't drill our way out of the problem." Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said it. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said it. It's one of those...
President Bush has basically left to his successor the difficult job of deciding when and how quickly to withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops from Iraq.
At the same time, hi...
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's recent call for responsible fatherhood is welcome, overdue — and misleadingly incomplete.
That America's fathers need to embrace their most i...
WASHINGTON — Judging by the rhetoric coming out of the Obama and McCain campaigns this week, the United States is fated to endure another four years of bitter foreign po...
Part Two of the housing debacle is about to hit now that Sen. Hillary Clinton has politely stepped aside so Sen. Barack Obama can continue to capture the hearts of Ameri...
The next president and new Congress face a daunting set of challenges come January 2009: Iraq war, troubled economy, global climate change, looming government debt, taxe...
Tomatoes are the new spinach. They're this year's peanut butter and imported seafood, the latest in a painfully long line of potentially tainted foods to turn up on mark...
