So now it's Helen Thomas' turn. You'd like to give the ol' gal a break and blame it on the fact that she's 89. But as my wife keeps telling her fabulously youthful and razor-sharp mother, "90 is the new 70." So much for the senility defense. Thomas' remarks about...

The Obama Administration is poised for success on health care reform. If the vote tonight unfolds as many of the pundits now say it will, it will be an historic achievement. But how will the history books analyze the topsy-turvy and bumpy ride to the finish line? What will historians...

If you ever doubted the damage one ill-advised and poorly-executed public statement can make, just read some of Alexander Haig's recent obits. Years ago, Ronald Reagan's former advisor Lyn Nofziger predicted that the third paragraph of Haig's obituary one day would detail the "I am in control here" communications blunder...