My apologies to anyone tuning in who was expecting to see the 150th "Friday Talking Points" column, since it will be pre-empted for two weeks here. B...
Very soon, children across the country will begin their long holiday break from school. But for too many of them, being out of school will mean not getting enough to eat.
As we turn the corner into the new year, corporate counsel need to identify important legal issues facing their companies in 2011.
In the aftermath of Tuesday's election, the media has made it appear that all is lost -- the Tea Party is in control, because this narrative keeps us glued to our seats either with delight or fury. Now, the facts.
It seems to some that President Obama would be much better off as a figurehead. You see, his greatest problem is that he has simply been too powerful.
As economists warn against the danger of a monopoly of industry in distorting and destroying an economy, our two party monopoly on government is causing similar effects on our political system.
That the only fond thoughts on Rahm's departure are coming from conservative Beltway columnist David Brooks belies the inefficacy of Rahm as Chief of Staff under the first two years of Obama.
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Republican Candidate Pat Toomey has been flooding the TV airwaves this summer with commercials touting himself as a mainstream moderate. Moderate? Yeah, Right.
OPINION - The senatorial process of vetting Supreme Court candidates is about as close to Kabuki theater as we get in America. Elena Kagan did the ri...
Tea Partiers and boldly progressive candidates may do well this year as the American people in 2010 seem to crave authenticity from their political leaders, be it center, left or right.
Elsewhere in the world, any time the working class is threatened, thousands take to the streets in loud protest, toppling governments. We have no such historical tradition.
It's unsurprisingly hypocritical for Richard Painter, who was in the thick of some of Bush era political chicanery in Rove's West Wing, to attack Obama and use his administration as the poster-child for partisan opportunism.
If this is the wheeling and dealing that goes on in the white-hot media glare of national politics imagine what goes on in local political circles in your state.
The flotilla raid has made for inflamed discourse in the days that have followed. A Specter-led investigation would be a welcome bridge over troubled waters.
Former Colorado Speaker of the House and Golden Boy Andrew Romanoff has done nothing wrong. Yet. All he has done is provide Colorado Democratic voters a choice.