Sarah Palin's new book goes rogue on some facts. ...more

November 13, 2009

In many ways, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan couldn't be more different: He has carefully promoted his image as an outsider and reformer; she comes from a powerful political family. ...more

December 14, 2008

Sen. John McCain told David Letterman that "I screwed up" by canceling a "Late Show" appearance three weeks ago, then faced a sharp round of questioning about Sarah Palin. ...more

October 17, 2008

Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. So claim many historians, although the tale seems a tad apocryphal. ...more

September 27, 2008

Yesterday's news may not seem important to those citizens who do not have money invested in Lehman Brothers... ...more

September 17, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama has delivered at least four major addresses on the economy in the course of his presidential candidacy. Yet even his advisers conceded that voters might not have noticed until he spoke here on Tuesday as turmoil rippled through the financial markets. ...more

September 17, 2008

"Daniel Ruth is such a frickin idiot." "Daniel Ruth is such a moron." "Daniel Ruth exemplifies the liberal elitist arrogance." ...more

September 7, 2008

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, at age 38 and having served less than five terms, did not leap over a dozen of his seniors to become ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee by bashing GOP leaders. But an angry Ryan last Wednesday delivered unscripted remarks on the House floor as the farm bill neared passage: "This bill is an absence of leadership. This bill shows we are not leading." ...more

May 20, 2008

In the 1920s and '30s, the American left was riven by multiple factions furiously representing different flavors of socialism, each accusing the others of revisionism and deviationism. Leftists comforted themselves with the thought that "you can't split rotten wood." ...more

November 25, 2007

By most accounts, Florida's new education commissioner, Eric J. Smith, is an exceptionally smart reformer. His experience in closing the achievement gap in North Carolina and Maryland will serve Florida well, and his focus on aligning the high school curriculum to college-ready standards is what the state needs to reduce the remedial crutch used by far too many students. ...more

October 11, 2007