Month: January 2013

Is David Maraniss correct? In any case, [Obama] comes to this term in a new place as a man and as a politician, not only forged by the experience of his mistakes but also more integrated in character. His will to survive is less...

One of the things Republicans would like to cut is spending on medical research. Well, here’s one example why that is a bad idea, and how a relatively small investment by the government has led to medical breakthroughs in...

It sounds like the Republican leadership treated their retreat like a giant therapeutic session for the Republican caucus. It’s surprising that it seems to have gone so well considering that they were basically telling...

Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana, will the president continue the government’s war on weed? Obama, the former constitutional-law professor, has relied on the expansive powers of the chief...

Do you care who is in the Super Bowl? I’d prefer to see the Patriots and the Niners, although Baltimore is almost local here, and it might be cool to see Ray Lewis go out on top. The Atlanta Falcons have a nice team, but I...