Thank God at least one member of Congress still knows where the Legislative branch's priorities should lie. While everyone else is focusing on little things like two wars and an economic crisis,...

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is thinking seriously about running against Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., in 2010 and will make his decision in the next couple weeks, the Washington Post's Chris...

Former Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., Bob Dole's running mate in 1996, died Saturday evening. He was 73. Kemp first came to prominence as a football player, quarterbacking the Los Angeles (later San...

Even before President Obama has settled on his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter -- indeed, even before he spoke on Friday afternoon about the qualities he'd like to...

Speaking with reporters after a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah on Tuesday, President Obama reiterated his promise that CIA officials and agents who acted "within the four corners of legal...

With the eyes of the chattering class upon Fox News due to the White House's "war" on the network, now is not the time for its employees to be making glaring errors. But that's what's happened in several instances recently, and the channel's been...

Back when Lou Dobbs announced that he'd decided to quit his post as a CNN anchor, there was plenty of talk going on about why, exactly, he'd made the move. In an article he wrote for Salon, Joe Conason appears to have hit part of the reason, at least,...

Some conservatives want the Republican Party to strive for ideological purity in its platform and choice of candidates. Others want to make it official policy. 10 members of the Republican National Committee have put together a resolution that would...

James Perry wants to be the next mayor of New Orleans, but right now, he's an underdog. And because of the city's unique election schedule -- the primary's being held next February -- he doesn't have much time to introduce himself to voters. So...

Say this for Glenn Beck: When the guy goes on the road, he doesn’t hold out on his fans. The Fox News host put on a show this weekend in the Villages, Fla., and he played all his classics: In America, Beck says, we’re supposed to decide...