WASHINGTON — Dear Reader,  I’m sorry to say that this will probably be my last column, due to circumstances beyond my control. Apparently, the world is ending. ...

 WASHINGTON — Having Donald Trump in the presidential race gave it the feel of a carnival. ABC News described his “roller-coaster flirtation” with a run for the White House. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote of the “circus-like speculation” about his presidential aspiration...

  WASHINGTON — Mitch Daniels, the conservative intelligentsia’s choice for president in 2012, came to Washington to give a speech on education policy to a conservative think tank. But not 10 minutes into his address, he took an unexpected turn. ...

WASHINGTON — From China last week came the rare news that twin girls had been born with a single body and two heads.  Here in America, though, we have an even more unusual case: Two people conjoined in the body of a 64-year-old man. His name is Mitt Romney.  One head of Romney defends hi...

NEW YORK — It seems nearly heretical to say so, but the termination of Osama bin Laden feels oddly anti-climactic.  Now what? And how to explain the sense that nothing has changed? The boogeyman may be dead, but the boogey is still at large in the world.  How, also, to explain my own dis...

NEW YORK — If you really, really dislike Barack Obama, his long-form birth certificate, finally proffered in exasperation, is quite simply a counterfeit.  If you are a fan of the president — or even a respectful critic — you are relieved finally to have rid the country of the plague of �...

Nothing brings out the shamelessness of Washington politicians like rising gas prices, and President Obama is the latest case. His Justice Department on Thursday announced a task force to investigate oil industry prices and practices for fraud. But if there is fraud here, it is that the president an...

WASHINGTON — The candidates brandished a “Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors” that promised to protect Medicare from their opponents’ “raid.” The party chairman wrote an op-ed warning that the other guys’ plan meant that “senior citizens will pay a steeper price and will have the...

There are few things journalists like to discuss more than, well, themselves and the long-term prospects for their industry. How long will print newspapers survive? Are news aggregation sites the future? Or are online paywalls — such as the one the New York Times just launched — the way to go? A...

NEW YORK — So why do Republicans hate art, the elderly and children?  Hint: Same reason parents hate their children when they say, “No.” We could just leave it at that, but this is too much fun.  The demonizing of Republicans for trying to seriously address our desperately ailing eco...