The 2012 campaign will reach its crescendo over the next two weeks, but Republicans and Democrats fighting for power is nothing new. For some context,...

This little screed is the introductory installment in an ongoing series that will bravely seek to explore the connection between the news and the olds, between what's bothering us now and the system in which the botherances are, at least in many cases, rooted.

I'm no socialist, but sometimes when I look at the history of the United States, I'm left to conclude that Marx was on to something. You see, when our...

Is the right wing going for the jugular, setting up a Supreme Court slap-down of Obama and his crowning achievement? 13 state attorneys general have proceeded to sue to stop the bill.

Some jubilation is justified but we need to be careful not to neglect a still deeper need for our country -- to heal our fractious political process and move beyond partisan bickering

I'm not worried about whether checks and balances will disappear if Republicans don't have more than 40 seats in the Senate. True checks and balances are more fundamental than party affiliation.