Last week, Mitt Romney created a firestorm for saying that "I'm not concerned about the very poor." Romney later explained that he "misspoke," and that he'd said something "similar to that, but quite acceptable, for a long time."

The real problem isn't that it misstates Romney's...

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer insults the president with a finger-wagging tarmac rant in Arizona. As a result, sales of her book soar.

American presidents have always been fair game for public criticism. But isn't it past time that we challenge the campaign of insult, racial slur and utter disrespect that...

The toxic message that drove Newt Gingrich to victory in South Carolina will drive our nation apart rather than bring it together. And it will spell defeat for him -- and for Republicans if they choose to go that way.

Gingrich's campaign limped into South Carolina on life support. His...

The Republican presidential primary in South Carolina captures the news, but too little attention has been paid to the state itself. South Carolina reflects the triumph of Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement: Its schools are desegregated; its public facilities open to all, its economy benefits from...

New Hampshire's primary grabs headlines today, but if history is any guide, the Jan. 21 South Carolina primary will play a far greater role in determining the Republican winner.

Of that state's population, 28 percent are African American, and could be a major factor in the primary. But...

About 120,000 voters will make national headlines with the choices they make in the Iowa caucuses. Those who turn up will be disproportionately white, conservative, affluent and old. Conservative evangelicals will turn out in significant numbers. Their influence has been exercised before they even go to the caucuses, for every...

This Christmas, times continue to be hard for many. And that -- amid all the presents, parties and holiday gaiety -- is the real story of this mass we celebrate on the birth of Christ.

As I've reminded throughout the years, the real story isn't about a holiday; it is...

Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich appeals to working Americans by slandering the poor. Gingrich recently denounced child labor laws as "truly stupid," suggesting that schools should fire janitors and hire students under the age of 16 to clean the place.

When critics said he would send America back to the age...

I suffer from a harsh case of gout that requires constant treatment. Suddenly this year, I discovered that the generic drug I was using that cost about 3 cents a pill had been banned and replaced by a proprietary drug -- a brand name -- that cost $5 a pill....

The canary does not soar like an eagle. It doesn't mark the change of seasons like a swallow. But the delicate canary captures the attention of the hardest miners, for it warns of impeding danger. When the canary keels over, miners run, realizing that the atmosphere is becoming a threat...

Before leaving the G-20 meetings in Cannes, France, President Obama joined with French President Sarkozy to pay tribute to the two countries' alliance and celebrate the successful intervention in Libya that ended the rule of Moammar Gadhafi.

"Every man and woman in uniform who participated in this effort can know...

We can't wait. Finally, President Obama has had enough of what he rightly calls an "increasingly dysfunctional Congress." Over the past week, he has begun to use his own authority to issue executive orders to move reforms the country desperately needs. "Where they won't act, I will."

He's issued orders...

Occupy Wall Street protests have now spread to some 800 cities. It's spreading like a fire on a strong wind over a dry field. The heat is likely to keep on building.
Conservatives have fallen over themselves rushing to side with the top one percent against the...

President Barack Obama's address articulated his vision for an American Jobs Act. He put a critical eye on putting Americans back to work and reversing the deep economic recession caused by the banking crisis three years ago.

The time to act is now. Congress - Democrats and Republicans alike...

Irene has hit, leaving destruction in its wake. We could track Irene and prepare for it; we could not stop it. And now, states and localities, despite the secessionist mumblings of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, cannot pay to repair the damage. Representatives from North Carolina to Virginia to New Jersey,...

Poverty is spreading in America.

One in five children are being raised in poverty. Millions of Americans depend on food stamps. Some 25 million are in need of full-time work. Veterans are coming home from foreign battlegrounds to an economic desert -- and many of America's homeless are veterans.

Yet...

Abraham Lincoln mourned the sacrifice of those who had given the last measure of devotion to ensure that a "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth." Now, without the clash of armies, government of the people is at risk of perishing...

President Obama's announcement tonight that Osama bin Laden has been killed is historic -- one the world has anticipated for nearly ten years. This is a case where revenge is redemption. Bin Laden incurred the wrath of the world for being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks on innocent people....

The legitimacy of President Obama's citizenship is unquestionable. While his birth in Hawaii has been proven and documented over and over again, hopefully by releasing the "long form" of his birth certificate the issue will be put to rest once and for all.

Only the conspiracy theorists and the "birther"...

Donald Trump has risen to the top of the Republican presidential candidate ratings while campaigning on the nutty charge that President Obama isn't American, that he is not legally qualified to be president.

The Trump effect has led others, like Sarah Palin, to start hedging their dismissal...