The undertakers of Bill Clinton's political doom showed up in Little Rock, Ark., in 1992 for a meeting with the president-elect two months before his inauguration. They were the leaders of the Democratic Congress, and they might as well have been draped in black crepe. Two years later, Clinton stood among smoldering political ruins, from which he resurrected his presidency by working with congressional Republicans. ...more

March 17, 2010

The misinformation article by Steven Hurst of The Associated Press ("GOP using filibuster at a record-setting pace," Nation+World, March 2) focused on quantity rather than quality in citing the more frequent use of reconciliation by Republicans to thwart a senatorial filibuster. ...more

March 5, 2010

Our country is in the throes of a very unstable economy of which there is no solution except to delay the inevitable collapse of things we have become accustomed to — primarily having everything we want right now. ...more

February 12, 2009

Death Or Contraception Regarding "Obama's Abortion Politics" (Our Opinion, Jan. 29): ...more

January 30, 2009

President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option. Liberal groups welcomed the decision, while abortion rights foes criticized the president. ...more

January 23, 2009

Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face upon convening this week, with an incoming president pushing to stabilize an economy on the brink of long-term recession, to create universal health coverage and to overhaul federal energy policies. ...more

January 5, 2009