Connecting.the.Dots

In 2008, Barack Obama told Tim Russert with a worried smile on “Meet the Press” that his wife and friends thought he was still there behind ...

In life, a minor character can assume a crucial role. For one who has experienced this phenomenon often, so too in popular art, as the house...

Size matters, but so does moral essence. Snarling bridge traffic out of political pique may be petty compared to aiming airliners at tall b...

Just when Republicans were getting some traction with their “Chicken Little” yarn about Obamacare, the sky falls on them from different dire...

The first question about the former Defense Secretary’s memoir is timing. For someone who prides himself on patriotism, why now? In a f...

Phew! Avoiding spoilers for those who watch later, it’s hard to recover from last night’s Season 4 opener of everybody’s favorite gilded gu...

For Republicans with brains, the handwriting is clear. Five years of bashing the President on everything have left the GOP in opinion poll h...

"When someone reveals that government officials have routinely and deliberately broken the law,” says a New York Times editorial , rec...

In the lethally labyrinthine politics of the Middle East, the murder of four Americans in Libya on September 11, 2012 continues to roil Amer...

The year’s last TV Sunday morning is dominated by Snowden backlash and Obamacare bashing, of course, but tired ears yearn to hear about oth...

In the dying days of a hard year, those who are feeling low can take heart. Their reaction may be a sign of good mental health. Anyone ...

During this season of aches and pains, the Obamacare battle resumes in full fury with little direct relevance to millions who are hurting a...

I can’t gift-wrap this, but it’s a Christmas treasure I have to share. Decades ago, I published it twice in different magazines. Eric S...

Despite critics and commercials, movies are rarely art. Yet, one such undisputed work exists but is rarely seen in the season of Dickens and...

With the economy struggling slowly upward, many families across the country are reminded these days of the most recession-proof business of ...