Liberals In A Dither Over Whether Obama Blew It, Or Nailed It
Fiscal cliff week has mercifully ended with a deal done, hurricane relief approved, President Obama vacationing, and both parties bickering internally over what was won — and lost — in the early hours...
View ArticleEmnity And Ennui: Va. Governor's Race Inspiring Both
Most Virginians say they approve of the job that first-term GOP Gov.
View ArticleThe Reselling Of Lance: A Job Too Big Even For Oprah
You may have heard that banned-for-life pro cyclist Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, has admitted to doping.You may have heard that he apologized (tearfully, reportedly) to...
View ArticleEven Post-Sandy Hook, Politics Suggest Prospects Dim For Obama's Gun Plan
President Obama's historic plunge Wednesday into the politics and realities of gun control in America has mobilized advocates on both sides of the issue.But though his major proposals, from banning...
View ArticleResolute Rhetoric: Obama's Confident Case For Government
President Barack Hussein Obama, sobered but resolute after four years as the nation's first African-American head of state, began his second term Monday with an ardent defense of government as...
View ArticleStonewall? Explaining Obama's Historic Gay-Rights Reference
President Obama made history in his inaugural address when he mentioned Stonewall in the same breath as Selma, the Alabama town considered the birthplace of the black-rights movement, and Seneca Falls,...
View ArticleLifting Boy Scout Ban On Gays: One Legal Perspective
The Boy Scouts of America as early as next week may drop its ban against openly gay members and leaders, just a dozen years after it successfully took its fight to maintain the policy all the way to...
View ArticleLaPierre Fights To Stop The 'Nightmare' Of Background Checks
The halting testimony of former Arizona Rep.
View ArticlePope's Resignation Redefines Papacy, Spurs Talk Of 'Global South' Successor
A worldwide Catholic conversation that many church-watchers say effectively stopped when Benedict XVI was elected pope eight years ago has been rekindled by his announced plan to resign at month's...
View ArticleHow Rubio Spins The Bottle Could Matter Most. Just Ask Bill Clinton
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View ArticleForce Behind Race-Law Rollback Efforts Talks Voting Rights Case
Edward Blum isn't a lawyer, and he doesn't play one on TV.But he has been the driving force behind two race-related cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, including one that justices will hear...
View ArticleHas The U.S. Outgrown The Voting Rights Act?
The nation has twice elected an African-American president.Black voters have been turning out for general elections in rates that for the first time in U.S. history rival those of whites.And the number...
View ArticleNew Pope 'A Fresh Start,' But Old Problems Are Waiting
Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church made history twice Wednesday, electing the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first Jesuit.In choosing 76-year-old Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio of...
View ArticleAnalyst: Portman's Gay Marriage Shift May Be 'Tip Of The Spear' In GOP
It is a theme that has become increasingly familiar during the rapid evolution of American political attitudes toward same-sex marriage: People who learn that a friend or loved one is gay are far more...
View ArticleRand Paul Reaffirms Support For Path To Citizenship
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky doubled down Tuesday on a previous call for a path to citizenship, telling a major Hispanic business group that his message to the nation's illegal immigrants is:...
View ArticleHow Vermont's 'Civil' War Fueled The Gay Marriage Movement
It wasn't so long ago that a handful of Vermont legislators in a shabby Statehouse committee room struggled over what to call their proposal to give marriage-like rights to the state's gay and lesbian...
View ArticleSkim Milk, States' Rights and Political Clout: The High Court And DOMA
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a challenge to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between "one man and one woman as husband and wife."It was the court's...
View ArticleExpert: Recent Attacks On Justice Community 'Really Unprecedented'
Two county prosecutors fatally shot in Texas. Colorado's top prison official gunned down. And a dozen more members of the U.S.
View ArticleGun Control Prospects Recede As Politics Swamp Momentum
President Obama's campaign for new federal gun control laws takes him to Colorado on Wednesday, and next week back to Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre renewed the nation's...
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