May 23, 2012
Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction. The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States into voting in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party's wishes.
May 22, 2012
What a difference four years make. When Barack Obama was running for president, he successfully managed to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
May 17, 2012
A presidential race recently focused on high school has come to resemble a popularity contest of the same vintage.
May 14, 2012
This past week's news cycle produced two narratives. One, Barack Obama is an evolutionary, 21st-century hero who supports equality for all. Two, Mitt Romney is a gay-bashing bully mired in the previous century, who also supports a war on women and, oh yeah, hates dogs.
May 9, 2012
Close your eyes and picture 110 million obese people waddling around America's sidewalks. You'll probably want to keep your eyes closed.
May 4, 2012
News that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family might be allowed to leave China for a university fellowship in the U.S. brought relief not only to Chen, but also to dissidents around the world.
May 2, 2012
The squabbling between political campaigns and the harrumphing of pundits were put in proper perspective at, of all places, the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner.
Apr 25, 2012
Either President Obama has wings of Kevlar or he has the most incompetent scheduling staff in White House history.