I have been hearing voices in my head for the last 4 years. No, I have not been driven completely around the bend by 8 years of the Bush administration. But not unlike believing and chatting with an imaginary friend -- I have found comfort in pretend conversations with Republicans...

As I watched Barack Obama confront the circular media firing squad about his relationship with his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, I was not angry or judgmental, shocked or apprehensive. Over the past several weeks I have felt that the divisiveness of this presidential race was like a heat-seeking missile searching for...

Iowa and New Hampshire turned out to be the day of the woman: But not exactly for the reason that you might think.

There was a very potent voting bloc -- that emerged and caucused last week in Iowa -- and then turned out and stood up in New Hampshire...

On Saturday August 4th, the House passed the Clean Energy Bill. Contained in that bill was the Green Jobs Act of 2007: $125 million dollars to train 35,000 people a year in Green collar jobs.

No cadre of lobbyists was on the payroll to achieve this. No...

"I live at an intersection of politics and public service. Public service is all about action."

Who said that?

"Compromise, usually described as consensus rather than capitulation, has become a goal. And the cost of compromise to principles and to real lives,...

Dear Cindy,

We have never met but I am one of the millions of people whose heart was stuck in their throat when you first arrived in Crawford two long summers ago asking a single simple and heartbreaking question. And even though I have no right to ask...

Like many women, I am a multitasker. It's fun to see how many things we can do at the same time without dropping the ball. So there I was, on a work call, while shopping for my daughter Emily's school supplies at my beloved local Target (pronounced Tar-jay). It was...