First, it was Vietnam, which tore our country apart, ruined LBJ's presidency and stunted an entire generation, not to mention the enormous casualties. Then it was Iraq, and all that happened there, which tainted the Bush years. Now it's Afghanistan, "the graveyard of empires," where we have already spent nearly eight fruitless years. ...more

December 5, 2009

Bill Clinton says he has no thoughts about returning to public office. ...more

September 27, 2009

Sarah Palin brought a tumultuous chapter of her life to a close Sunday, relinquishing power as governor of Alaska after a rise and fall almost unprecedented in modern politics. ...more

July 27, 2009

Less than a month before Afghanistan's presidential election, Taliban fighters wearing suicide vests attacked a provincial capital Saturday, triggering gunbattles that killed seven militants. ...more

July 26, 2009

The party that ruled Mexico for seven decades appears to be making a comeback in midterm congressional elections. ...more

July 6, 2009

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's hastily announced news conference had all the earmarks of Richard Nixon's famous concession speech in 1962, after he lost the campaign for California governor to Democrat Pat Brown. ...more

July 6, 2009

Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens. ...more

March 8, 2009

To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: "We are not quitters." ...more

February 25, 2009

I've been reading the newspapers and watching the news reports on TV about President Obama and his stimulus package. Everyone who is against the plan seems to have forgotten why we're in the position we're in now, but no one wants to put the blame where it really is. ...more

February 17, 2009

Time to get into the wheelbarrow business big time. ...more

February 14, 2009