Rice’s record: Poor with no signs of improving
Condoleezza Rice wraps up her first two years as secretary of state with few diplomatic successes to show for her efforts and fewer signs she plans to change course to…
A waste of good resources
The death of former president Gerald R. Ford should cause us, again, to ponder how we treat our ex-presidents. Traditionally, once they walk out of the White House, they are pushed…
Doesn’t it just drive you crazy?
It used to make me crazy when people would invite my then-husband and me over to dinner only to discover that another couple we'd never met had been included because…
Ford: Bush’s invasion of Iraq a ‘big mistake’
President George W. Bush and his top advisers made a "big mistake" in their justification for invading Iraq, Gerald Ford told journalist Bob Woodward in an interview embargoed until after…
Bush, advisors, continue to huddle on Iraq
Already weeks in the making, President Bush's new war plan is being burnished with the assistance of top military and diplomatic advisers as critics of the war urge the Democratic…
Reid, other Senators would rather junket than attend Ford funeral
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will miss the funeral for former President Gerald Ford because he and five other Senators are junketing to South America to visit Inca ruins. Reid…
Obama will make the new year interesting
While the New Year can be expected to bring a series of major announcements about who will or won't run for the presidency, none is more anticipated than a decision…
Time for potty parity on Capitol Hill?
When nature calls during a debate or vote in the House of Representatives, what's a member of Congress to do? The answer, even as the first female speaker of the House…
Hey, let’s do breakfast!
Two senators, independent Democrat Joe Lieberman and Republican Lamar Alexander, have planned an experiment aimed at getting more senators to be civil to each other and to unite on some…
Ford wanted to be remembered as a healer
Gerald Rudolph Ford, who steered the United States out of one of its greatest Constitutional crises, was a decent man destined to be remembered as the only president never elected…
