When you are in the midst of a political life, it feels as if the personal part of your life is put on hold and you have to hold your breath and hope for the best until it is over.
I have a question I like to ask journalist friends whenever they're stressed about misspelling the name of some obscure interest group flack or mistak...
In light of the Petraeus situation and the scrutiny it has received I have a modest proposal to solve several of the nation's problems at once.
How the nation and our political leaders deal with members of Congress like Michele Bachmann and Allen West, who talk as if they are the reincarnation of Senator Joe McCarthy, is our next test.
The dreadful thing about the legislative log jams that have confronted both Houses because of the intransigence of their members is that it has cut into the members' recess time.
The president has announced that after an initial drawdown in Afghanistan, the remaining troops will be withdrawn "at a steady pace" going into 2014. But that's not good enough. President Obama had an opportunity to pivot his policy on the war and he didn't take it.
Congress is fed up with the war in Afghanistan, and its members' turn against the war mirrors the quickly changing public opinion.
After 10 long years, the national conversation on the war in Afghanistan has changed significantly. And now, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, used for years to justify the war, is over.
What kind of health care plan will $8,000 buy in 2022 for our sickest and oldest seniors, when $9,000 can't buy a plan for a Member of Congress today?
Let's be clear: When politicians attack the poor, it is not partisan to challenge them -- it is a Christian responsibility.
The speech Barack Obama gave in Tucson was a memorial to the victims of a horrible tragedy, but the spirit of his speech could also shape Tuesday's State of the Union address by calling us to be worthy of each victim's sacrifice.
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress are enjoying their own financial stimulus. Despite a stubbornly sour national economy congressional members' pers...
WASHINGTON -- Well before they cast their first votes, attend their first committee hearings or settle into their new offices, the newly-elected membe...
Retiring members of Congress are ignoring a call to promise they won't become lobbyists when their terms end. Public Citizen, a Washington-based wat...
SEDALIA, Mo. — It's 7:19 p.m., yet Rep. Ike Skelton appears hard at work. "I just voted against the repeal of DADT," Skelton tweets via BlackBer...
I was heartened to hear Beck affirm the nonviolence of King, but I would also like to remind him of King's tireless commitment to social justice.
The good news for soon-to-be ex-Rep. Mark Souder: There are no rules that expressly prohibit Members of Congress from sleeping with their staff. The ...
If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we, the people of faith, will. It's time to stop playing politics with people's lives.
I believe our nation is in deep trouble. Sometimes things get so bad that you really don't know what to say or do. When that happens, it's a good time to fast and pray.
According to Rush Limbaugh, the health care reform that may be passed by Congress is socialism. Yet, it bears a striking resemblance to the same system that just treated him in Hawaii.
With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.
In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.
The partisan dynamics currently at play on Capitol Hill resemble a high school full of cliques, power differentials, and image-conscious participants more than a democratic problem-solving body.
John McCain's nationwide robocalls, which charge that Barack Obama "worked closely with domestic terrorist William Ayers," continue to roil down-ticke...
