Jack Kemp

The Republican Party elite is depending on uneducated aging frightened white males and radical anti-abortion females for their votes. Long term the party is doomed.

The lost hero of modern conservatism was a charismatic maverick who represented the best hope for the post-Cold War Republican Party.

Huntsman's departure from the race is a viscerally painful moment in American politics. He was the last connection to the Jack Kemp brand of open-minded, optimistic, rational conservatism. Were the term not so obviously tainted, I'd call it "compassionate conservatism."

As conservatives prepare for an urgent meeting this weekend to discuss their options in the 2012 campaign, they face an epic crisis of identity and el...

In 1996, Arianna appeared Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher", to discuss the election with Al Franken in a segment called Strang...

In 1996, Arianna appeared Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher", to discuss the election with Al Franken in a segment called Strang...

In 1996, Arianna appeared Comedy Central's "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher", to discuss the election with Al Franken in a segment called Strang...

Gingrich's supporters tell us he was born to generate new and creative ideas. He "thinks outside the box." But Newt doesn't think outside the box at all. His box is an ironclad container for ensuring and amplifying oligarchic wealth and power.

Like Reagan, and unlike Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, there is a linear consistency to Huntsman's life, philosophy, career and achievements.

Similarities between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street certainly exist on a micro level -- but they are hardly big-picture.

Back in the days of the crazy housing boom in Boston, the Mission Hill triple-decker where I rented an apartment for my daughters and myself was sold to a guy who quadrupled our rent to an impossible sum.

In the 19th century there were only 23 filibusters, while between 1970 and 2004 there were 191. The increase in number is attributable to the Virtual Filibuster.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ...

The GOP must have a place for Republicans like Colin Powell and Olympia Snow who are less conservative -- but who believe in core Republican principles.

Though I had met him only once, following Jack Kemp was a gift; he challenged me, forced me to defend positions and invited me to engage in more dispassionate objective analysis of facts.

By focusing on tea parties that protest everything and offer nothing, Republicans aren't just on their way off the rails on a crazy train, they're about to head straight into the sun, warp factor 10.

Jack Kemp was a man who stood firm on his conservative convictions, yet willing to reach out and debate liberals like me and many others with respect.

Alert the media -- banks need money! Who's stressed and who's reassured by the government's test of the banks' capitalization? Plus we remember Jack Kemp.

Jack Kemp should be remembered as the lone conservative voice to speak about the importance of cities at least since the federal government turned its back on urban areas.

Jack Kemp was everybody's favorite Republican/Conservative. The GOP leadership would do well to model itself after him in class, temperament and substance.

Commentators view the rapid exit of moderates like Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania from the GOP as a culmination of its increasing political narrowness and ideological rigidity.

Sen. Arlen Specter went on CBS News' "Face The Nation" with Bob Schieffer on Sunday to discuss his recent switch to the Democratic Party. Asked whe...