Connie Schultz: Well-behaved first ladies seldom make history

If my husband were president, I think I'd have to be exiled to the Kingdom of Bhutan for the duration of his tenure, because there is no way I would have the self-discipline of Michelle Obama.

Bill O'Reilly: Kids today are smarter, but softer

So, last Saturday I'm back on the ball field coaching my 9-year-old boy's little league team along with three other fathers. We lose big. Why? Because it was hot. Yes, I know what you're thinking: Wasn't it hot for the other team? Stop with the logic, OK?

Jonah Goldberg: Time to dial up some healthy skepticism

The U.S. government is trying "to create a database of every [phone] call ever made."

Mark Shields: Washington and the Von Moltke Grid

We who live in Washington are admittedly a little defensive about this city we call home. Be honest -- you would be, too, if the nation's elected leaders won their high offices by repeatedly running campaigns that bellowed how much they, and all right-thinking Americans, distrusted and despised Your Hometown.

Froma Harrop: Slower rise in health care spending is a big deal

The sky isn't falling. The train is not wrecking. The end is not nigh. And to drag this out a bit, the tidings are not all bad.

Joel Brinkley: US, Russia must work to stop snowballing Syrian crisis

The Syrian war is spreading fast, engulfing all of its neighbors and risking even larger conflicts, while leaving the pregnant question: What's to be done before the region explodes?

Robert B. Reich: The real economy: The weather is still stormy

Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good. But the recent jubilance is enough to make even weather forecasters blush.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Advice for GOP: Chill

You'd think they'd never seen a scandal before.

Michael Barone: Tragedy of Detroit shows 'big unit America' is out of gas

Detroit, once one of the nation's most vibrant cities, faces imminent bankruptcy. That's the headline from the report last month of emergency fiscal manager Kevyn Orr, issued 45 days after he was appointed this spring by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to take over the city's government.

Connie Schultz: Oh, look! Another guilt trip for working moms

How many times a year do I do this? I've lost count. Bright and early, I march to the second-floor closet and vow that this is the day I will cull the boxes of family memories piled to the ceiling. I yank the door open and sigh with disgust: What a mess. I pull out a box, sit on the bed and push up my sleeves.