“And we’ve got our soldiers sitting there [in South Korea] watching missiles go up. And you say to yourself, ‘Oh, that’s interesting.’...

Obama’s response to the attacks also raises a more political question: Why hasn’t a man known for his rhetorical gifts done more to...

“I can make the case that if there were guns in that room other than his, fewer people would’ve died, fewer people would’ve been so...

“The Bible says beware of false prophets. And there are people out there spreading noise about how much can get done…We have got groups...

There was bipartisan understanding that when the Iranians indicated a readiness to talk the U.S. would lead the negotiations to test...

It’s difficult, no matter your personal politics, to not have some sympathy for Jeb Bush and his efforts to articulate a plausible...

Years ago I enjoyed a delightful series of conversations with John Corlett, a true old-school newspaper reporter in Idaho who could...

There is a wide-open field on the Republican side for the presidential nomination, with at least a half dozen serious contenders, while...

By all accounts Barack Obama has his work cut out for him convincing Congressional Republicans – and some Democrats – that his proposed...

“…the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms.  As applied today, for...

Lincoln’s Social and Economic Policy In one year of his presidency, 1862, Lincoln signed four nation changing acts. One was the Homestead...

The New York Times reported recently on a little noted aspect of Barack Obama’s legacy that will have lasting impact for the country. In...

Americans of color may have significantly more challenges to overcome with employment, education, health and housing than most white...

First the admissions: Democrats – thank Nancy Pelosi as well as the president for this – completely lost control of any coherent message...

From the partisan breakdown in Washington politics, including the now distant memory of a pointless and costly shutdown of the federal...

The president was making his way to the Oval Office after his daily swim that Saturday when he was told by an aide of the unwelcome news...

The president might start by remembering that there are three things in politics that can be enormously powerful, but are almost always...

“If there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the US signature, it would mean massive disruption...

While the nation dangles one foot over the fiscal cliff and while most of the federal government remains shut down, the epicenter of...

From Harry Truman to George W. Bush American presidents have committed the United States military to wars based on every justification...