By Paul Krugman
"I have a dream," declared Martin Luther King Jr., in a speech that has lost none of its power to inspire. And... | By Jules Witcover
WASHINGTON -- As the "true" conservatives continue trying to stop the Republican nomination of Mitt Romney, even as he continues trying to... | By Maureen Dowd
For eight seconds, we saw the president we had craved for three years: cool, joyous, funny, connected.
"I, I'm so in love... | By Frank Bruni
The people who invite us to wallow in food seldom remind us to beware.
In the pages of their gorgeously illustrated cookbooks... | By Thomas Friedman
A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Friday found that two-thirds of Americans would consider voting for a third-party presidential candidate, while 48... | By Ross Douthat
There are 300 million people in the United States of America. There are millions of political activists, volunteers, organizers and would-be officeholders.... | By Ruth Marcus
WASHINGTON -- "By definition, if you run for president, anything is on the table. Ask Grover Cleveland. Ask Andrew Jackson. Anything is... | By Jules Witcover
WASHINGTON -- Occupy Wall Street, meet Mitt Romney. The Republican presidential frontrunner is probably doing more to get across the message of... | By Harold Meyerson
If Mitt Romney becomes the Republican nominee and faces off against Barack Obama in November, we may finally be able to answer... | By Walter Brasch
“Ola, Amigo! Pack your bags, we’re going to Mexico!” bubbled Dr. Franklin Peterson Comstock III, faux physician and money-maker.
“Yeah, I could... | By David Sirota
If they have any value at all anymore, presidential election campaigns at least remain larger-than-life mirrors reflecting back painful truths about our... | By Gail Collins
Right now, you are probably asking yourself whether two divorces, a history of adultery and an ex-wife who says you asked for... | By Paul Greenberg
Oh, dear. Still another Iranian nuclear scientist has met with a fatal accident. Accidents will happen, especially in the Middle East and... | By Paul Krugman
Call me peculiar, but I'm actually enjoying the spectacle of Mitt Romney doing the Dance of the Seven Veils - partly out... | By Froma Harrop
Every Sunday night, the mega-carriages drop millions of us off at "Downton Abbey," the hit PBS series about an aristocratic family, its... | By Ruth Marcus
WASHINGTON -- "I'm concerned about the poor in this country," Mitt Romney said the other day. "We have to make sure the... | By Margaret Carlson
WASHINGTON — The Christian right has been peculiarly inept this campaign. There's little for them to like about the Republican front-runner, Mitt... | By Nicholas Kristof
When I spoke at Swarthmore College recently, I was startled by one question: Is it immoral for students to seek banking jobs? | By Ruth Marcus
WASHINGTON -- How did a campaign as well run as Mitt Romney's so badly botch the issue of his tax returns?
It's... | By Gail Collins
CHARLESTON, S.C. - This week, Rick Santorum held a town hall meeting on a retired aircraft carrier. It was definitely a more... | By Susan Estrich
There is a famous story (it may be apocryphal, of course) about Richard Nixon and his dog. No, I don't mean the... |
By Gene Lyons
Time was when newspaper journalists prided themselves on being working stiffs: skeptical, cynical and worldly-wise. "If your mother says she loves you,... | By Petula Dvorak
WASHINGTON — Famous for its white marble edifices, green lawns and pink cherry blossoms, our nation's Mall is also — finally —... | By Thomas Friedman
A few items came across the desk last week that underscore the challenge America faces in making policy toward the Islamist parties... | By Richard Cohen
Sheldon Adelson is supposedly a bad man. The gambling mogul gave $5 million to a Newt Gingrich-loving super PAC and this enabled... |
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Watching Mitt Romney in the Myrtle Beach debate gave me acid flashbacks to Poppy Bush.
Maybe it was when... | By Froma Harrop
Politically astute Republicans, including many social conservatives, see Mitt Romney as the strongest candidate to beat President Obama in November. The former... | By Ezra Klein
Mitt Romney is the most moderate candidate in the Republican primaries. Yes, even more so than the recently departed Jon Huntsman, whose... | By Eugene Robinson
WASHINGTON -- From all evidence, the issue of economic justice isn't going away. Break the news gently to Mitt Romney, who seems... | By Donald Kaul
I generally make New Year's resolutions in hopes of becoming a better person — more disciplined, healthier, or, at the very least,... | By Jim Hightower
"USA: We're No. 1!"
Oh, wait — Iceland is No. 1. But we did beat out Poland and Slovakia, right? Uh...no. But... | By E.J. Dionne Jr.
WASHINGTON -- This is what progress looks like for a president named Barack Hussein Obama.
Not so long ago, many in... | By Albert Hunt
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, who gets an 85.5 percent probability to win the Republican presidential nomination by the online betting service Intrade.com,... | By Joe Nocera
What if Jamie Dimon is right?
What if the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase is not just blowing smoke when he complains... | By Frank Bruni
At debates his opponents sported ties with colors from the flag: blue or, better yet, blistering Republican red.
He wore pink.
Onstage... | By Margaret Carlson
WASHINGTON — All children's deaths are tragic, but some are absurdly so. First-grader Ammaria Johnson had just returned to her Virginia grade... | By William Collins
Careful when
You text your friend;
Spooks are reading
What you send.
The FBI now employs 36,000 people and focuses ever more on dissenters.... | By Clarence Page
Caution: This presidential campaign endangers reproductive health. Women's rights to contraception and other reproductive health services seem to face even more than... | By Eugene Robinson
WASHINGTON -- He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being... | By Neal Peirce
Newspapers, the airwaves and the blogosphere are already delivering 24/7 news and speculation focused on the 2012 presidential campaign.
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