Though it’s a safe bet that Newt Gingrich won’t win the Republican nomination, he has done well enough in the primaries to spare himself the embarrassment of abject failure. He has not made a fool of himself — or, at least, no more a fool than he does in the regular course of pontificating, lecturing [...]

    Who can blame Olympia Snowe for giving up on the U.S. Senate? It has become a dysfunctional institution, infected by the same virulent partisanship that long ago claimed the House, hamstrung by rules that elevate petty politics over policy and stripped of the reasoned debate and thoughtful compromise that once characterized its work. [...]

For nearly four decades, advocates for reproductive rights have been stuck fighting an ugly, expensive and sometimes dangerous campaign to ensure that women have access to safe and legal abortions. It’s a Groundhog’s Day sort of battle in which both proponents for choice and the opposing camp — rigid anti-abortionists — trot out the same [...]

After several days of unmitigated disaster – bad press, angry donors, baffled supporters, unwelcome scrutiny – the leaders of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s leading advocate for breast cancer research, moved to restore their credibility and calm the roiling waters that threatened to drown the organization in unfavorable reviews. It quickly became [...]

I once trudged many miles in a cold rain to raise thousands of dollars for Susan G. Komen For the Cure’s fight against breast cancer. I won’t do it again. I once stood in the blazing sun to cheer men, women and young children walking in support of breast cancer survivors and in memory of [...]

“Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division?” — Ronald Reagan, 1982 ** ** ** When Ronald Reagan spoke those words, the American economy was still a colossus astride the globe — its [...]

“We can thank (Ronald Reagan) for our annual ‘Hate Whitey Day.’ ” — 1990 Ron Paul newsletter on MLK holiday It’s tempting to simply forget Ron Paul’s unfortunate history on racial issues, especially since he seems to be trying to forget it himself. He won’t be the Republican nominee, and his years in Congress have [...]