Connecting.the.Dots

After so many hours of seeing young people compete with grace, beauty and strength in an atmosphere of human amity, Americans are back in th...

If he had settled for an attack puppy like Tim Pawlenty rather than controversial Paul Ryan, the GOP standard bearer would not be facing new...

The Republican ticket will consist of Two Suits, aptly enough for a party of wealth, privilege and social Darwinism. Mitt Romney’s choic...

For the moment, all goes well on the Obama-Romney front as the President bumps upward in the polls amid the savagery of personal attacks by...

The President makes an involuntary cameo appearance in this week’s episode of HBO’s “Newsroom,” announcing the death of Osama bin Laden afte...

With the President leading in polls , GOP spinners are positing 2012 as 1980 again, when a late Reagan surge swept a Democrat from the Whit...

The would-be President responds to the Sikh temple shootings by “mourning those who lost their lives” and with “prayer for healing.” On...

She died 50 years ago today, but Marilyn Monroe is all over TV this weekend. Turner Classic Movies ended a 24-hour marathon of her movies t...

After soaring into our hearts, Gabby Douglas will soon be transported from gold medals to the pinnacle of sports success, her image on a bo...

Q. Who is Sheldon Adelson, and why is he trying to buy the Oval Office for Mitt Romney? A. A 78-year-old gambling magnate with a shady h...

As Barack Obama begs supporters for TV ad money and Mitt Romney returns from pandering to Catholics in Poland and Jews in Israel, the death...

As he lurches homeward, what have we learned? Beyond the gaffefest, is there a sharper focus on the man who would be president in this time ...

As voters sleepwalk toward November, apparitions from their troubled history rise up to remind them of past errors. Dick Cheney , the vi...

The spirit of Olympic competitiveness raises unexpected patriotic fervor to protect Mitt Romney from Brits who have been bashing him so jo...

Half a century ago 60 percent of Americans favored a ban on hand guns. Now, 53 percent don’t want to outlaw even assault rifles. Such a ...