The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

David Brooks thinks that the problem with American Government is that the Presidency isn’t strong enough.

Without a deal of some kind, it’s quite likely that Edward Snowden will remain beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement or some time to come.

Apparently, the security at Tuesday’s memorial for Nelson Mandela was so lax as to be nearly non-existent.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.

A Federal District Court Judge struck down part of Utah’s law against polygamy brought by the stars of TLC’s “Sister Wives.”

Last night, Speaker John Boehner showed that he can beat the Tea Party wing of the Caucus he heads. That has important consequences for the future.

A dubious distinction.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

Is Mike Huckabee about to re-enter politics in a big way?

Well, that didn’t take long.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.

Not surprisingly, Time’s editors chose Pope Francis as Person Of The Year. However, Edward Snowden arguably would have been the better choice.

Congressman Steve Stockman’s primary challenge of Senator John Cornyn could be a big deal, or, more likely, it could be a dud.

In 1789, George Washington took office after being elected by only a small portion of the population of the U.S. Does that mean he wasn’t “democratically elected?”

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

Thanks to current patent and drug regulation laws, we’re paying up to $2,000 for a drug when there’s a drug that does the same thing for orders of magnitude less.

Thoughts on the precursors to the events of 72 years ago today.

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The U.S. position on China’s new air defense zone is exceedingly clear. The question is where it goes from here.

Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.

The most important leader to come out of Africa in the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of history, has died.