the really long view. ...more

August 20, 2008

Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering JFK, has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy. ...more

August 8, 2008

This advertisement for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was introduced on Friday and is running on national cable networks and on television stations in 11 battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Ohio. ...more

July 20, 2008

It is understandable that those who think President Bush has done a poor job want to replace him with a Democrat they think might do a better one. What is not understandable is why voters, who think Congress has performed poorly, would vote to keep the Democratic majority in place and, according to many polls, expand it. ...more

July 13, 2008

ON IRAQ Then /From Obama's campaign Web site: "Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." ...more

July 8, 2008

Karl Rove was impressed with Barack Obama when he first met him. But now he sees him as a "coolly arrogant" elitist. ...more

June 26, 2008

Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism. ...more

June 22, 2008

A furious debate over terrorism, security and the rule of law broke out Tuesday as the presidential campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama exchanged pointed salvoes over who could best keep the nation safe. ...more

June 18, 2008

First lady Laura Bush made an unusual foray into the U.S. presidential campaign, praising Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., here Monday for her "grit and strength" and coming to the defense of Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee. ...more

June 10, 2008

Let's declare Hillary Clinton the president of West Virginia and get on with life. ...more

May 18, 2008