Op-Ed

Given my own deep prejudice toward religious zealotry, it has not been difficult for me to accept the conventional American view that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme theocratic ruler …

Say what you will about this era's Republican presidential candidates; they at least have chutzpah. Millionaire blue-blood George W. Bush pretended to be a down-home cowboy. Two-time divorcee and …

Washington - Political consultants tell candidates to be authentic — to “be yourself.” In Mitt Romney's case, that might not be such good advice. Once again, for what seems …

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME). (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) Yesterday, Sen. Olympia Snowe announced that she has decided not to seek re-election in …

Gloria Bateman signs up a new client for food-stamp assistance at the Lebanon Food Pantry in Lebanon, Ohio. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) David …

Like you and other Americans, I love my country, its wonderful people, its boundless energy, its creativity in so many fields, its natural beauty, its many gifts to the …

(Photo: Moyers & Co.) We haven’t even turned the page on the controversy over contraceptives, health care and religious freedom, when another thorny one arises involving personal …

Last week Rick Santorum called the President “a snob” for wanting everyone to get a college education (in fact, Obama never actually called for universal college education but only …

The course of action taken by the present-day U.S. political class in addressing the era’s rising tide of economic hardship and ecological peril has proven as helpful as tossing …

Former Gov. Mitt Romney speaking at the 2012 CPAC in Washington, DC, February 10, 2012. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Washington - Maybe Rick Santorum is helping Mitt Romney …