Since September, the Obama administration has been under fire from a Republican weapon that seems to reload with aggravating perpetuity. Weathering attacks on the specific responses to the tragedy of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, President Obama sought to mute a chorus of commentators...

When I was seven, I watched terrorists fly airplanes into buildings. When I was five, two teenagers murdered their teacher, and then their classmates, and then themselves in a highly sophisticated attack on their high school. Before I turned one, a truck exploded in Oklahoma City, killing hundreds and injuring...

The President steps away from the podium, Beyonce belts out a few bars (or does she?), and then -- without delay -- comes the question: Who's next? Somewhere in Trenton, a large man with a short fuse is the answer. Chris Christie is the most electable man in the country....

It's an abiding message, but one we keep learning the hard way. David Petraeus scribbled it across his forehead in permanent marker this week: things are not always as they seem.

The 2012 election season played host to exceptional political duplicity. Like never before, candidates proposed policies bereft of accountability....

It felt almost as surreal as it did cold.

I was a shivering, wonderstruck ninth grader. He was just minutes into his turn at the helm of the world's most powerful engine. Between us were a cement barrier, a military guard, and an armored limousine wall. As the sirens whined,...

I had never seen anything like it. I'd only left class for a few minutes, but as I was about to turn the corner, something caught my eye. I stared, stalled in my tracks, into the classroom window in front of me. Through the half-drawn shades, I could just make...

The life we know hasn't changed much since December 27 of 2010. Murky smog still poisons the air I breathe in Los Angeles. A snapshot of the New York skyline taken today will match that taken last year. The streets of Vegas remain depraved and Capitol Hill remains democratic. This...

After five years in the custody of his Hamas captors, it seems that Gilad Shalit's painful and much publicized saga is finally winding down. The Israeli government has struck a deal with Hamas: Israel will release upwards of a thousand terrorists (most of whom were serving life sentences...

Questionable executions and Ponzi scheme conjectures aside, Rick Perry and his proponents have hammered one talking point a little harder than most others: the candidate's executive experience.

Conservative advocacy group "One Term President" -- attempting to draw a dubious parallel between the Texas governor and a party figurehead -- issued...

First, she said it was a joke. Now, she's saying it was a metaphor. One thing is clear: Michele Bachmann thinks that hurricanes happen because of welfare.

Last week, shortly after a strong earthquake shook the East Coast and Hurricane Irene left millions without power, Michele Bachmann spoke at...

It hardly comes as a surprise when Ann Coulter makes an offensive comment. The conservative commentator seems to make a career of spewing language that denigrates a different party practically each week. This week's off-color moment came when she tweeted about a cable news appearance by Christopher Barron of a...

I was having some trouble focusing on my AP Economics homework on Tuesday night. Something on the desktop of my computer kept catching my eye. A four year old had gotten angry and dragged her ruby-red crayon all over my screen. At least, that's what the map on my MacBook...