How lucky are we, people? We live in a Golden Age — Netflix, iPads, those little plastic wands that let you pick up a tennis ball covered with dog slobber without using your hands. We have NyQuil and DayQuil, reddit.com, Brew-Thrus, and that little beeper thing that lets you find your keys wherever they are. Published September 4, 2011
Man, how miserable is Michelle Obama? About 2½ years into her ceremonial stint as first lady, Mrs. Obama seems to have had quite enough of the gig. Published August 28, 2011
Unemployment is at 9.1 percent. Economic growth is anemic. America's credit rating has been downgraded for the first time in history. The stock market hits new lows almost every day. And where is President Obama? Published August 21, 2011
No, the Ames Straw Poll doesn't mean much. But on the other hand, a Bachmann win there does mean something. Published August 14, 2011
President Obama's policies are, it can also be said at long last, a dismal failure. He has been in office for 30 months, so his agenda, with the help of a sympathetic Senate, has been, for the most part, enacted. And things have gotten worse. Published August 7, 2011
The times they are a-changin'. There's a new power force in Washington, and it's running the show right now, deciding the very fate of the nation. Published July 31, 2011
In the weird world that is Washington, men and women say things daily, hourly, even minutely, that they know deep down are simply not true. Inside the Beltway, we all call those utterances "rhetoric." But across the rest of the country, plain ol' folk call 'em lies. Published July 24, 2011
A statement President Obama made halfway through his news conference last week was so unfathomable, so utterly incomprehensible, that befuddled White House stenographers simply gave up and tacked a "[sic]" next to it. Published July 17, 2011
America's birthday. Today. 235 years old. This is a day when all Americans should ... Published July 3, 2011
What on earth is President Obama talking about? The short answer is everything — and nothing. Published June 26, 2011
In the summer of 2008, Republican Sen. John McCain was not doing so good. He had gone from front-runner status against presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton to badly trailing an obscure first-term senator from Illinois. Published June 19, 2011
So there's this movie. In it is a guy (a white suit he has on). He's handsome, smart as a whip, debonnaire, a real class act. He's got all the right friends, hundreds, thousands even, and they adore his every move. Published June 12, 2011
North Carolina. Colorado. Iowa, Indiana, Nevada, Virginia - and the old favorites Ohio and Florida. Published June 5, 2011
Every American should be absolutely outraged about WeinerGate. Outraged! Published May 29, 2011
Once upon a time there was a president, wavering in popularity. He was deemed by some political pundits as "highly beatable." But then, the Republican Party did the unthinkable: It gave the nomination to a guy because it was essentially "his turn," and the candidate got shellacked by the incumbent Democratic president. Published May 22, 2011
* No, not Ron Paul, the 75-year-old congressman from Texas and grandfather of the tea party ... Ron Paul's ideas. Published May 15, 2011
Here are the three best "theories" circling the Internet about why President Obama chose not to release the death photo of Osama bin Laden: Published May 8, 2011
President Obama hasn't a clue what to do about high gas prices. Not a clue. Published May 1, 2011
Just how dire is the crisis over the $14,294,000,000,000 debt ceiling, which America will hit on about May 16? Published April 24, 2011
Just how weak is the 2102 Republican presidential field? Published April 10, 2011
