James Warren

Confronting windbags is an occupational hazard for a journalist in the nation's capital. They come in all shapes and forms and include politicians, bureaucrats, special interest group officials and, yes,...

An improbable publication of the U.S. government forced me to forget "Survivor" and contemplate the glory days of a bygone television hit, "Route 66." Oh, you remember dashing George Maharis...

Somewhere between a southern congressional candidate's urging Democratic Party delegates to "walk the talk" and dozens of politicians scoffing at their Republican opponents for the "illusion of inclusion," I wanted...

The Democratic Party is now running for the White House and away from the Playboy Mansion. On the eve of its national convention, the party on Friday found itself enmeshed...

Maybe girls do have more fun. The Aug. 14 Newsweek's "Sex and the Single Fly" offers a brief overview of provocative new studies on reproductive biology. And if you've assumed,...

"Yeah, I was a friend of Spilotro's," said the Republican National Convention guest. "He was my best friend growing up. What of it? He was never convicted of anything." One...

As John Danforth began testifying in the cavernous Senate hearing room last week, I realized that time may not heal the self-inflicted wounds of many public officials. After all, it...

Before Jay Leno, David Letterman and Dennis Miller, the soon-to-be football announcer, were born, there was Bob Hope to skewer the nation's political class. Like many, I grew up in...

Richard Holbrooke, our irrepressible ambassador to the United Nations, was performing the honorable, if thankless, task of engaging the Senate on war-torn, refugee-filled, AIDS-ridden Africa when time came for questions....

Upon his death in 1980, the shah of Iran was termed "the bloodsucker of the century" by the magnanimous souls who had taken over government radio in Tehran. As previously...