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The War on Terror, confusing and anxious-making as it may be, has produced one encouraging side effect in American politics: The gung-ho is ...

The bar for embarrassment is so high now it's almost out of sight for celebrities who do things that would make the rest of us die of sh...

The newest revelation of Iran's nuclear sneakiness echoes what the world faced in 1962 when the Soviets furtively put missiles into Cub...

One salubrious side effect of the current debate has been the emergence of an energized GOP with a new generation of original thinkers: *Sou...

The President spoke to a contentious body of politicians today, asking them to stop bickering and start working together, and was greeted w...

The mental health of presidents comes to the fore with publication of Taylor Branch's book about eight years of confessional conversatio...

On Letterman tonight, President Obama jokes about his daughters' future dates who may be stressed out over having men with guns hanging...

As critics taunt the President about becoming another Jimmy Carter on the economy or Bill Clinton on health care reform, an older generation...

Is Barack Obama trying to hide some innate shyness? After being on 60 Minutes almost as often as Andy Rooney and rivaling Oprah on weekday T...

The man who received 345,937 votes (and $11.6 million of health lobbyist donations), has overruled Barack Obama, the choice of 69,498,215 Am...

Max Baucus' Gang of Six has turned into the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by blowing enough holes into the health care bill to ...

Joe Wilson's blurtout last week lit a fuse to set off a slow-motion exposure of race in the national anti-Obama rage. Today the House Bl...

This past weekend reflects the state of anti-Obama invective as literally countless American patriots in Washington rage against the Presid...

Today is a reminder for those who live in one of the few places in the world where feeling safe is commonplace of what it's like sudden...

Last night, during President Obama's speech in Washington, a Congressman from South Carolina was moved to yell "You lie!" at h...

If passion, eloquence and moral gravity were the main currency of American politics, Barack Obama would have changed the course of the healt...

In tonight's confrontation with Congress, Barack Obama will not be sweet-talking Republicans, who are locked into a long-term temper ta...

The President is telling an audience to work hard, develop problem-solving skills and learn how to get along with others. "Whatever you...

Previous generations marked the holiday with parades, speeches and editorials honoring the dignity of work. Today's theme is despair ove...

To balance the furor over bureaucratic boards to decide whether the aged are worth saving with medical care, the financial wizards who broug...