The Bush administration says it has evidence that North Korea helped Syria build a nuclear plant that could have been the mainstay of a... >>MORE

The Republicans in Congress have always suspected that little people don't pay enough taxes.  So, a few years ago, they... >>MORE

April 9 is the fifth anniversary of the American liberation of Baghdad.

The Iraqi government is celebrating the occasion by... >>MORE

The relationship between President Bush's view of the war in Iraq and the news headlines about that same war seems to be getting... >>MORE

President Bush acknowledges the tragedy of the death of 4,000 American military people in Iraq, but he promises an eventual victory will... >>MORE

As the war in Iraq reached its fifth annivesary, a television reporter, Martha Raditz, asked Vice President Cheney his reaction to polls... >>MORE

President Bush told the New York Economic Club that he's just an "optimistic guy" when it comes to the economy.

Of... >>MORE

President Bush, speaking to Republicans this week, predicted that "2008 is going to be a fabulous year for the Republican... >>MORE

Admiral William Fallon, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, has resigned after earning the ire of his civilian bosses... >>MORE

Iowa Congressman Steve King has always been known as sort of a bozo, but he's now taken the cake.

In a radio interview... >>MORE

Once more, the President of the United States has taken a stance in favor of torture.

Doesn't this ever get embarrassing to a... >>MORE

The bomb that exploded in New York City's Times Square reminds us that terrorism takes many forms  though, in this case, the... >>MORE

The Wall Street Journal reports the really rich are getting really richer.

The nation's top 400 taxpayers reported incomes... >>MORE

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to visit our friends in Iraq recently.  He promised to hook Iraq up to the Iranian power... >>MORE

It's always interesting to see what has the right-wing radio bloviators upset.

This week they are upset because John McCain... >>MORE

Any fair-minded person must now admit that the extra 30,000 troops we sent to Iraq in 2007 helped decrease violence... >>MORE

The political types are laughing at Mike Huckabee and his detour from the campaign to make a paid speech in warmer climates.

He... >>MORE

I've never understood why Republicans question the conservative credentials of Sen. John McCain.  He's always seemed to me... >>MORE

President Bush says voters must elect another Republican -- presumably John McCain -- this November because "peace and... >>MORE

Why are we in Iraq?

Let's accept the reasoning of Sen. John McCain:  We're in Iraq to fight the enemy there so we... >>MORE

So, President Bush proposes his last budget, a $3.1 trillion affair that includes a $410 billion deficit, cutbacks in spending for the... >>MORE

Just to show you how weird the Republicans are getting: Right wing nutcase Ann Coulter now says that if Sen. John McCain wins his... >>MORE

Just in case you missed it:

The Commission on the Naitonal Guard and Reserves, a Congressionally mandated commission to study... >>MORE

If, God help you, you're one of those people who keeps scanning the websites, you already know that Bill Clinton has... >>MORE

It's hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, Rudy Giuliani was way out front in the race for the Republican presidential... >>MORE

The most jarring statement in President Bush's last (thank God!) State of the Union address came somewhere near the middle when he... >>MORE

Fred Kaplan notes in the current posting of the online journal "Slate" that the Army is once again lowering its recruiting... >>MORE

We're getting some strange and unnerving news from Iraq these days.

The massive violence that seemed to be destroying the... >>MORE

Remember Jose Padilla?

He's the American citizen who was abducted by our government and held without trial, charges, or even... >>MORE

You can't be a Republican candidate for anything without invoking the spirit of Ronald Reagan. No problem with that; Democrats used... >>MORE

It has been a long time, but President Bush and the Democrats have found something they can agree on: They want to send us all big... >>MORE

The Supreme Court ruled this week that investors who are cheated by companies like Enron or by Charter Communications, have no recourse... >>MORE

I'd like to be joining the optimistic chorus proclaiming the success of our new policy in Iraq.  Honest, I'd really like to... >>MORE

Political campaigns are exhausting and I have a lot of sympathy for candidates who say stupid things without thinking them... >>MORE

A couple of weeks ago, the Presidential election was all about change.

Now, it seems, it's all about being... >>MORE

It has been a year since President Bush announced a "surge" of American troops to rescue Iraq and, according to all my pro-war... >>MORE

The almost-endless presidential campaign season has served at least some purpose, I think.

I'm not yet sure who I like for... >>MORE

Well, it's official, I guess.  This is a "change" election and every candidate for president is a candidate for... >>MORE

Barack Obama did well in Iowa.  So did Mike Huckabee. Hillary didn't, nor did Mitt.

Hillary's problem was evident in... >>MORE

President Bush, who has spent the past seven years telling us we've never had it so good, seems to have discovered that many... >>MORE

I'm writing this on Christmas Eve and, perhaps, mellowing a bit.

But, as I travel around these days, I note that almost no one... >>MORE

Here are a couple of facts about the destruction of CIA tapes of "enhanced" interrogation of terrorist... >>MORE

The absolute crookedness of the people running our government seems to have no bottom.

The latest example is the revelation that... >>MORE

It seems the CIA had tapes of the interrogation of two terrorism suspects and that those tapes showed some fairly rough questioning,... >>MORE

The inmates at America's overseas prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are finally getting their day in the Supreme Court.

There... >>MORE

Presidential candidate sees no problem whatever with using his New York City bodyguards to watch over him when he travels outside the... >>MORE

Do you remember former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan?  The poor guy seemed always in trouble for trying to justify the ways of his bosses.... >>MORE

We tend to forget it but, in addition to our military presence in Iraq, we also have a diplomatic presence.

In fact, the American... >>MORE

So, the Congress had the audacity to authorized $22 billion more in health and social services spending than President Bush wished -- or... >>MORE

I guess people are willing to believe anything about Hillary Clinton. The big news right now is that a waitress in Iowa says the... >>MORE

This year has been the deadliest year of the war so far in Iraq.  The death toll exceeded 805 this week.

The good news, for... >>MORE

There are some things you shouldn't say in a political campaign, not even in jest.

You should not say that Hillary Clinton and... >>MORE

It seems we're now developing a 30-ton "bunker buster" bomb that can be delivered by the B2 Stealth bomber.

About... >>MORE

The Congressional Budget Office predicts that if we stay in Iraq another 10 years -- and that seems like a good bet -- the wars there... >>MORE

President Bush is talking tough to Congress about spending.

They guy whose sole veto before Democrats took office was to squash... >>MORE

I watched the Republican presidential debate in Michigan and was impressed at the way the nation's candidates for president want to... >>MORE

So, the news this week is that, back in 2005 when we all thought Congress had outlawed torture, the Justice Department was issuing... >>MORE

It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Democrats sold us a bill of goods in 2006 when they promised to do something about the Iraq... >>MORE

One little addedum to the "General Betrayus" controversy.

MoveOn.org, which bought the ill-fated New York Times... >>MORE

I know Rudy Giuliani thinks everything in life must be seen through the prism of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Now, he says, the... >>MORE

Yes, yes, we've all gotten the talking points.  The MoveOn.org advertisement about "General Betrayus" is not just an affront to the commanding general in Iraq but to the entire armed forces of the United States and the fact the Democrats haven't all resigned in shame... >>MORE

At his press conference this week, President Bush paused from questioning the patriotism of Democrats, to explain why democracy... >>MORE

Watching the president's latest Iraq speech is like entering some twilight zone of alternative reality.

We are in a position... >>MORE

It was Sen. John Warner, a Republican, who asked Gen. David Petraeus an pretty simple question:  If our strategy in Iraq proves... >>MORE

I'll say one thing for Republicans, they don't linger on the battlefield nursing their wounded.

When Idaho Sen. Larry... >>MORE

When President Bush sent additional soldiers to Iraq earlier this year, most of them went to Baghdad and a few thousand were sent to... >>MORE

I'm not too worried about poor Sen. Larry Craig. He was caught with his pants down in a Minneapolis airport restroom and has become... >>MORE

As I understand it, Congress worked into the night Friday to pass a new law giving the president legal authority to spy on Americans... >>MORE

It was a little hard for me to get too worked up over Lindsay Lohan and her propensity for drunk driving.

The little starlet is in... >>MORE

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee again and, again, gave testimony that no one... >>MORE

President Bush is at it again, declassifying top secret information to prove he is right about Iraq.

The president's current... >>MORE

I've never been in favor of impeaching presidents.  I think the process is divisive, doesn't accomplish anything and... >>MORE

Now President Bush says the Justice Department may not bring contempt of Congress charges against administration officials who refuse to... >>MORE

The nation's top generals in Iraq talked with key American senators this week about how the war is going and gave us a hint at what... >>MORE

Far be it from me to be cynical.

But when I read the news that we had captured yet another leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, an eyebrow... >>MORE

How did we end up in such a disastrous position in Iraq? President Bush had an answer at his press conference this week:  Tommy... >>MORE

I just saw on the news that the Associated Press reports a mandated report on the success of our "surge" in Iraq later this... >>MORE

A federal appeals court has ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union has no "standing" in a lawsuit aimed at curtailing... >>MORE

President Bush has commuted the sentence of former vice presidential chief-of-staff I. Lewis Libby.  Libby had been sentenced to 30... >>MORE

If I read the recent Supreme Court decision on school integration right, the court has now decided that race cannot be the major... >>MORE

Vice President Cheney says he doesn't have to comply with rules -- issued by President Bush, no less -- dealing with oversight of confidential records because he isn't a member of the executive branch of government.  He is, the vice president's office says, constitutionally... >>MORE

The news in retailing this week is that the market for luxury goods continues to thrive.

People are buying things like $975,000... >>MORE

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has critized General Peter Pace, the outgoing head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggesting Pace may... >>MORE

It looks as if Scooter Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, may be heading for the slammer.

A federal judge... >>MORE

As I watched the Republican debate Tuesday night, I listened to candidate Mitt Romney explain why we're in Iraq.

"If... >>MORE

South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint has figured out why we are losing so many American fighters in Iraq: It's because of wimps in... >>MORE

According to ABC News, President Bush has authorized the CIA to mount a covert effort to subvert the Iranian government.

We... >>MORE

My friendly liberal friends have been arguing for years that President Bush should be impeached and I've always thought the idea... >>MORE

The news today is that the Iraqi Parliament is planning to take the months of July and August off.

Under normal circumstances,... >>MORE

Former radio shock jock Don Imus now says CBS owes him $40 million because it breached his contract when it fired him.

When I... >>MORE

President Bush has come up with yet another definition of "success" in Iraq.  Success, he told a contractor's group... >>MORE

Vice President Cheney is back on the war path.  The Democrats in the Congress don't understand the dangers posed by the... >>MORE

I've been watching all the debate about Iraq war funding, particularly the claims that those who want us to leave Iraq are... >>MORE

President Bush is still trying to convince the nation that the Democrats want surrender in Iraq while he is holding out for... >>MORE

Watching Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was painful.  The guy, clearly,... >>MORE

I sat  up late at night watching C-Span's replay of Attorney General Alfredo Gonzales testifying before the Senate.

It... >>MORE

The massacre at Virginia Tech continues to dominate the news pages and airwaves, as well it should. The death of 33 college students -- 32 of them innocent and one deranged -- is a devastating tragedy for the school, for its students and, obviously, for the families of those who were... >>MORE

Controversial "shock jock" Don Imus is now off the air.

MSNBC fired him Wednesday and CBS, which distributes his... >>MORE

The Iraq news this week is that the National Guard is calling up another 12,000 troops, soldiers now serving in Iraq will be extended... >>MORE

The Pentagon's Inspector General has issued a report on the link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda and found there is no such... >>MORE