Connecting.the.Dots

If she ever had doubts about getting into the rough-and-tumble of politics, the mean-spirited aftermath of JFK's daughter's withdraw...

As they prepare for their first debate, Barack Obama and John McCain will be upstaged this week by people who will be out of power in four ...

It's like watching "Titanic" at a multiplex with sequels on every screen as Lehman Brothers goes under and other huge financia...

A 21st century corollary to the idealistic hope, "Suppose they gave a war and nobody came," could be "Suppose everybody stopp...

Ever since George Bush sold the idea he would be a compassionate conservative, respect for voters' intelligence has been going rapidly d...

After teasing us for a year, Mike Bloomberg is putting his billion dollars back in his wallet and leaving a few platitudes on the plate ins...

Now that his second favorite candidate, John Edwards, has dropped out, Ralph Nader is feeling an irresistible urge to pick up the fallen st...

After the uproar over Bush Administration surveillance of American citizens, the news from Bloomberg country today is unnerving. During his ...

Deep in the bowels of some Las Vegas super-computer, what are the odds against a 2008 Presidential contest between a former Governor of Arka...

Most of us go through life wishing for more money but are never faced with deciding what to do with endless amounts. A news story today sugg...

Gov. Arnold, who knows about these things, is advising his party on how to get the grosses up next year. He told a Republican convention th...

An Independent presidential ticket is shaping up with Mike Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor, and Sen. Chuck Hagel as his running mate. Increasing...

New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg once described being a single, straight billionaire in Manhattan as a “wet dream.” Now he may be having noctur...

Despite the clamor over his defecating dog, Mitt Romney is in clover for the early primary races. Polls show him ahead in Iowa and New Hamp...

This weekend’s TV talkathon has been about New York’s Mayor leaving the Republican Party to run for President as an Independent. But as thi...

The phrase “Independent candidate” evokes a Pavlovian response from America’s perennial Presidential also-ran. Ralph Nader pops up today to...