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You have to take good news from Republicans where you find it, and the uplift from Michigan and Arizona is that greed has prevailed over re...

As Santorum says Obama is “a snob” for encouraging all Americans to go to college, Romney defends telling Michigan voters his wife has two...

Tomorrow night we wallow once again in the soft porn of fame, fashion and film clips, half-watching Academy Awards to movies most of us hav...

The possibly final Republican faceoff was notable for what didn’t happen, the classic Sherlock Holmes clue of the dog that didn’t bark in t...

Rush Limbaugh is not happy with Rick Santorum’s Satan speech. “It’s part of the predictable attempt to impugn Santorum as an absolute reli...

Twice I have seen America on the brink of losing the boundaries of political reason that have kept us stable and free for well over two cent...

Mary and Matthew are finally engaged, Sybil has had an off-screen baby, but Bates is in prison. The sublime soap opera leaves us bereft ...

The most mundane man in Washington puts his finger on the prevailing mood. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , fed up with the Republicans b...

After months of complaints about unseen money men unleashing SuperPAC attack ads under the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, one of ...

As the GOP wannabe dogfight gets uglier, the actual President is on a winning streak that parallels Linsanity in the sports world. In eye...

An encounter with an antiques appraiser brings an epiphany about what may be happening to us all now. Downsizing life for very old age has...

Barack Obama takes a step back on campaign finance. “We will not play by two sets of rules,” say his managers, announcing a superPAC to of...

Faced with the threat that a slowly improving economy may buoy the President’s reelection chances, Republican campaign strategy is tilting ...

When you find yourself agreeing with Donald Trump , it’s time for a sanity check. Still, The Donald knows about beauty contests ( pace Min...

Did our beloved Masterpiece Classic jump a small shark the other night? Watching a new episode after seeing Eli Manning pull out a victory...

Reinventing yourself is a promise of the American Dream. Barack Obama, once a community organizer, is now in the Oval Office. Ronald Reagan,...

As Mitt Romney takes another step to the nomination and gains momentum , the question of personal chemistry comes to the fore. Would Americ...

An ugly uproar can turn positive if you go back far enough to remember when things were worse, much worse. For a women’s magazine editor ...

In Washington, the President affirms his humility at a National Prayer Breakfast to be followed by ego gone amok in Las Vegas as Donald Tru...

After spending all that money to win Florida big , the $21.7 million-a-year man takes a victory lap and disgorges a perfect line for attack ...