The next president has powerful tools at his disposal including diplomacy, trade policy, and foreign aid.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign did not leak, and they did not squabble amongst themselves in public -- right there, two astounding feats that no other candidate in the race could manage.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The utter and complete failure of the Bush Administration will make the upcoming transition to an Obama presidency even more challenging than usual.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
After this unprecedented 50-state campaign that has electrified the nation, all Americans deserve to participate. Do not call the election -- do not concede the election -- let all our votes count.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
The best government of all is one that can take decisive action on good ideas -- and sometimes, a nation faces a future so dire that it cannot afford to hamstring itself.
Pam Atherton | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home
You know your family has crossed the line into Obama Overload when you start talking to your children about history and they don't walk out of the room.
The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley/Anya Strzemien | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style
This was originally posted October 23rd. In light of the reported "tenseness" between John McCain and Sarah Palin during their interview with Brian W...
The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 12.04.2008 | Style
This was originally posted October 23rd. **SCROLL DOWN FOR SLIDESHOW** By this point in the campaign, it's pretty obvious that presidential election...
Bruna Zanelli | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home
With only a few days left, many Brits are just as focused on the U.S. presidential election as Americans.
Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
I came a way from this encounter with a profound sense of someone who had listened, absorbed, and didn't look over my shoulder for a guy who could write a bigger campaign check.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
[Today's Hallowe'en column is in two ghastly parts -- one frightful, fingernail-chewing tale for each side of the corpse-ridden and zombified politica...
Leslie Harris | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
The issue of a government-led artificial restriction on access to information has more or less flown under the radar screen but it won't remain that way; it can't.
Paula Gordon | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
Sen. McCain did not know his own wife was a pilot. He did not know she was adopting a child. He did not know she was a drug addict.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...
Women's Health | Kristen Dollard | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living
Letterhead can be Presidential, china can be Presidential and so too can yoga be Presidential. In fact, if we assembled the premiere candidates be...
Pam Atherton | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home
There are quick ways to assess the measure of a man, whether he's a date or a guy running for office. Anybody can put on party manners for the camera, but what is he like underneath the show?
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics
Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."
Dr. Jeffrey McCombs | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living
Mainstream healthcare in America has been abducted by the pharmaceutical and insurance companies. As profits have moved to the center stage, patient c...
Leslie Harris | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media
Given the proven benefits of this open model for Internet use, it is confounding how many people, both in government and industry, seem willing to start tinkering with it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
More and more, it is looking like Virginia will be the state that decides Election Night in Obama's favor. Sure, it could be Florida or Ohio, but my guess is that the vote-counting is going to take a while in both of them,
Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media
If elected President, Barack Obama would create the first-ever Cabinet level Chief Technology Officer. Obama thinks that the US is not doing nearly ...
Women's Health | Kristen Dollard | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living
Letterhead can be Presidential, china can be Presidential and so too can yoga be Presidential. In fact, if we assembled the premiere candidates befo...
Tom Cosgrove | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
Not since James Watt has there been a political figure so loved by the "right" -- and so reviled by the "left."
Pam Atherton | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home
Enough with the campaign promises. That's not what we need right now, especially since most of the promises probably won't happen anyway. What we need is a president who respects others. Especially the women-folk.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
It's going to be all but impossible to continue the "we're in a dead heat" nonsense if Barack Obama decisively wins Florida and Virginia when the East Coast returns come in.
Leslie Harris | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics