After months of criticizing Democrats' health-care reform plans, congressional Republicans have finally unveiled their alternative, an admittedly modest proposal that claims to lower premiums and expand coverage without major structural changes in the health system.
Bob McDonnell's convincing win in Tuesday's gubernatorial election is testament to the wisdom of running a focused campaign attuned to the basic concerns of voters.
The cancellation of the runoff election in Afghanistan gives Hamad Karzai a new term as president but with scant legitimacy in the eyes of his people and the world.
Laying down their marker in the health-care reform debate, House Democrats unveiled Thursday a legislative package touted as covering 96 percent of the population at a cost of $894 billion over 10 years.
For the first time since Congress pegged Social Security benefits to the cost of living 35 years ago, retirees won't see fatter monthly checks next year -- unless President Obama and Congress step in.
Sen. Harry Reid's decision to include a government-run plan as part of health-care reform cheered progressives who have long embraced the idea, but the majority leader's pronouncement lacked one critical proviso: the necessary votes. While Reid asserted that Senate Democrats...
The recent arrests of several people in Front Royal in connection with illegal gun sales provided a small glimpse into the shady world of firearms trafficking and highlighted the continuing governmental impotence regarding the problem.
The rarefied pay packages of corporate bigwigs have always peeved Americans farther down the capitalist pay scale, but the dichotomy is harder to stomach in these dire economic straits. With unemployment approaching 10 percent and even people with jobs struggling to make ends meet, the return of big Wall Street paydays, especially at firms spared from the abyss by taxpayer bailouts, rankles even more.
Debates, while must-see TV during presidential campaigns, are less consequential in state elections. Viewership is much smaller -- only a few outlets air them, leaving the masses free to indulge in other diversions -- and perfunctory follow-up coverage is the norm unless a candidate commits a gaffe or goes ballistic.
Bowing to extraordinary international pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed Tuesday to a runoff election on Nov. 7 in hopes of reclaiming legitimacy for his bedraggled government.
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