Neither the Bush administration nor John McCain shows any sign of having ever thought seriously about this fundamental challenge to US security.
When people start reinventing themselves based on the latest "criteria" -- it's risky. Change is what Obama's campaign is largely about, but changing his wife shouldn't be.
Seeming to formalize a problem where there isn't one, today's NYT piece on Michelle Obama frames Michelle as being embattled and in need of a relaunch.
As a country, we have lived beyond our means for far too long; it's time to pay the bill. We have a very bitter pill to swallow.
Gingrich epitomizes the craziness of the Right when he came out said giving men held at Guantanamo the right to go before a federal judge is equivalent to the bad decision of Dred Scott.
As someone who never forgot where she came from, the best tribute I can pay to Tim Russert is that he will be remembered for all that's remarkable about South Buffalo: hard work, loyalty, humility, community, and a sense of humor.
What Obama needs to do in his upcoming debates with McCain is exactly what Cruise did to Nicholson in A Few Good Men: keep needling the uptight stuffed shirt until, Kaboom!, he blows his top.
History will long remember that the UN Security Council has, for five years, failed in the task you have been charged with -- protecting a defenseless population.
The Democratic-led Congress, with the support of key House leaders, is moving quickly to expand unconstitutional spying authority on Americans and reward telecoms for breaking the law.
Clinton is about as good as the Democratic Party leadership will accept in their insistence on a right-of-center balance to Obama's purported liberalism.
The Senator McCain I knew, who will always be my friend, who I teamed up with on fuel economy standards in 2002, is very different from this candidate McCain.
The Burmese regime has urged that humanitarian aid not be "politicized," but its using the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis to tighten its grip on power while excluding to help its own people.
Today, McCain suddenly changed his ads to emphasize distance from Bush and positions him as an environmental champion. Apparently, someone informed him that his maverick image was fast fading.
