In the last 10 years, I have learned that a house is not a home unless there is something to do. And there always is.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
Sam Nunn will not be on the ticket with Obama. But if he would like to be offered the job of Secretary of State or Defense, he has to tell Obama that he supports repealing DADT -- and he has to mean it.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
So what would happen if the Electoral College tied? Well, it goes to the House of Representatives. And since the Democrats have an advantage in the House, you'd think "President Obama." But you'd be wrong.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
President George W. Bush, asked in a press conference why Republicans in the House and Senate are increasingly defying him, proven by the fact that do...
New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 05.23.2008 | Media
The 2007-08 broadcast TV season came to a close on Wednesday, and Nielsen (and the networks) have been busy crunching the numbers since then. Which r...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...
Lisa Selin Davis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living
Here's the real problem with corn plastic: it's nearly impossible for the little lone consumer to find.
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
For an election-year issue, this is hard to beat. Which is obviously why two-thirds of House Republicans jumped ship from Bush's position.
Men's Vogue | Hudson Morgan | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment
You know Olivia Wilde. She's the one who impressed you as the naughty nympho in Alpha Dog, the old-souled lass in The Black Donnellys, the coed prey i...
The Times | Robert Crampton | Posted 03.29.2008 | Entertainment
It may surprise some readers to learn that Hugh Laurie was "papped" - photographed without permission - on his way to this interview. We still tend to...
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...
People | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment
Not that he's been labeled a realistic Method actor before, but Hugh Laurie admits he attempted to get closer to the character he portrays on House --...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...
Robert Scheer | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics
Not only did the congressional Gang of Four fail to inform the public about the use of torture by our government, but it also kept the 9/11 Commission in the dark.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics
It's been a week of circular logic from the political world. To begin with, Mitt Romney gave a speech on religion. This speech was brilliantly summed...
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics
President Bush has been proven wrong in some big and spectacular ways this week. But while he continues to channel his foreign policy advice from Plu...
Carol Hoenig | Posted 10.28.2007 | Living
I'm up to moving again -- if it's back home, back to the house that once held so much promise and hope; the house where my children's laughter is embedded in the woodwork.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics
If it's good enough for congressional kids and the president's kids, it should be good for the low-income children who are desperate for health care coverage.
Ken Levine | Posted 10.11.2007 | Entertainment
House just seems to get more and more outrageous. Always entertaining but they seem to be reaching for stories now more than ever.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics
Time for another round of Democratic talking points, for the benefit of whoever's going to be on this weekend's Sunday morning talk shows (or for any ...
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Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living