Dancing all over with the Palins
She made it all the way to the finals — further than anyone expected — with the help of votes pouring in from her vast, underestimated fan base, only to...
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Our deficit disorder
Battle lines are being drawn as the White House and Congress prepare for a big showdown in spring over a question that is troubling a lot of households these days:...
Giving marriage a regal aura
It's hard to figure us Yanks out, my British friends say. We still go simply ga-ga over royal weddings like the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Yet...
Can we give peace a chance?
"Refudiate," a word Sarah Palin created by conflating "refute" and "repudiate" in a tweet, has entered the New Oxford American Dictionary. It could also serve as her party's new congressional...
Fighting a legal mirage
I was happy to see President Barack Obama continue his outreach to the world's Muslims during his Asia trip last week. It's important for Muslims overseas to hear that Americans...
A GOP not for ‘whites only’
What's the most overlooked, underappreciated story from the midterm elections? My nominee would be the surprising new racial and ethnic diversity of Republican congressional and gubernatorial winners — even if...
After the vote: More sanity, please
You might think that Comedy Central stars Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, founding fathers of "fake news" and "truthiness," chose a controversy-free theme in staging their "Rally to Restore Sanity...
Why PC is such a pain, no offense
Political correctness may be the biggest stealth issue in this political season, partly because people are afraid to talk about it. For example, a new poll by Rasmussen Reports finds...
O’Donnell was right
Some people love the U.S. Constitution so much that they just can't wait to change it. That's the ironic contradiction I am often hearing from the re-energized political right in...
Punished for being too honest
Juan Williams' unfortunate firing by National Public Radio raises a question: Can we admit to having our own prejudices while arguing against other people's? Speaking last week on "The O'Reilly...