Senator Birthright from New York
But of course Caroline Kennedy will become the next senator from New York. Does she deserve it? Not really. Does that matter? Probably not. Kennedy's likely appointment to fill the...
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You can’t get there from here
Election Day has produced fresh fury from self-proclaimed "conservatives" promising never again to read me or fellow apostates who criticized the Republican ticket. This is, of course, their right, but...
The best or wurst of times for McCain?
John McCain and Barack Obama seem to occupy different universes. Rarely have the different orbits of these two men been more vivid than last week. While Obama was re-enacting the...
Should the GOP try to get Jindal to reconsider?
Drum roll. Suspense. Who will it be? In this corner, we have Stormin' Mormon Mitt Romney. In the other, we have Brain-Buster Bobby Jindal. Amid speculation that John McCain will...
Calling all fathers, and mothers too
Barack Obama's recent call for responsible fatherhood is welcome, overdue -- and misleadingly incomplete. That America's fathers need to embrace their most important role is no secret. Activist fathers have...
Smiling at Obama is a reflex
The history-making moment with which we're now all familiar seems to have surpassed inevitability and entered the realm of foregoneness. There seems no stopping Barack Obama, not solely because of...
Clinton’s last hope
The question we keep hearing is: Why does Hillary Clinton keep running? The better question is: Why do people keep asking? She's running because, despite evidence and warnings to the...
The ‘Bubba’ vote
"A full-blooded American." That's how 24-year-old Josh Fry of West Virginia described his preference for John McCain over Barack Obama. His feelings aren't racist, he explained. He would just be...
If Wright wants to help Obama, he should be quiet
Anger is a tough emotion to conceal and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's simmered barely beneath the surface during his Monday performance at the National Press Club. Oh, he was funny...
A stubborn pope
Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. has afforded the American media and others an opportunity to remind us that the Catholic Church is "out of step" with modern times....