EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second in a two-part series about former Tampa and Florida first lady Mary Jane Martinez. ...more

February 22, 2009

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Judd Gregg said Friday that he pulled out of the job of commerce secretary after realizing that "I'm just going to be a little too conservative" for President Barack Obama's administration. ...more

February 13, 2009

The stage is set. The curtain rises in just 48 hours on a drama that's the four-year, perhaps eight-year, administration of President Barack Hussein Obama. ...more

January 18, 2009

At first glance, Gerry Smith could never be mistaken for anything besides a dog lover. First glance, second glance and every glance thereafter. ...more

January 11, 2009

On the whole, Americans want their politicians to hew to the political center and govern with a healthy dose of pragmatism. Yet we live in the most bitterly partisan era in memory, when the dominant voices in both parties are more ideological and less willing to compromise, and the politics they practice too often is a mean-spirited, take-no-prisoners enterprise. ...more

December 31, 2007