On Thursday this week the White House will host a "summit" for health care overhaul, featuring both Republican and Democratic congressmen.  In doing so, Obama touted the needs for extending health

Politics in this country got a whole lot messier this week for two reasons:  the election of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts to the Senate, and the Supreme Court's decision to tear back wel

If you hadn't heard by now, Scott Brown made political history last Tuesday by winning the late Ted Kennedy's senate seat in Massachusetts.  For Republicans, the victory served as a clear signal th

When I heard that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, I was shocked.  What had he done to further world peace?  Then I saw the official explanation: his commitment to nuclear di

Let me preface this column with a disclaimer: I like Barack Obama. I'm liberal. In fact, I'm super liberal.

What is the Nobel Peace Prize, and how does the Nobel Committee in Oslo choose to award it? The U.S.

About six months ago I wrote a piece about how President Obama must walk a political tightrope in order to appease the moderates who helped him into office, while Nancy Pelosi was gearing up to tre

President Obama was right last week to publicly reengage in the legislative process to outline his health care priorities, including renewing his call for a public health insurance option for unins

Spending beyond their means, promising people things that can't be delivered, ideas that sound too good to be true, loans that are going to cost a lot more down the road, greed by powerful people.  One might think this is a list of factors that lead to the current economic crisis (and it may well be), but this could also be