Almost a full year into his second term, President Barack Obama has lurched from one disaster to the next and has little to show for his thumping of Mitt Romney last November. However, with a more modest...

The knee-jerk analysis of last Tuesday’s off-year elections — other than shock at Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s thin margin in Virginia and awe at Republican Chris Christie’s romp in New Jersey —...

With less than a week before elections, it appears that Virginia choose Terry McAuliffe as its next executive, putting an Democrat back in the state house. As the "first friend" of President Clinton,...

In 1997, just one year after the most recent government shutdown, the comedy "Wag the Dog" was released, with a plot centered on a fictional president launching a war against Albania to distract the public...

This week’s announcement that former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers was withdrawing his name from consideration to become the next Federal Reserve Chairman didn’t surprise anyone. However, it...

Saturday was the opening day of the college football season, and President Barack Obama — interrupting the games for a passionate address on Syria from the White House Rose Garden — seemed intent on...