There is a lot of confusion and misinformation circulating about the cap-and-trade mechanism in the energy and climate legislation being debated before the Congress. ...more

October 21, 2009

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative" died Saturday. ...more

May 3, 2009

Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. ...more

May 3, 2009

A. J. D'Amario of Hudson would rather see the government keep its hands off the private sector. ...more

April 15, 2009

Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. ...more

March 8, 2009

A concerned George H.W. Bush saluted Houston surgeons and thanked his fellow presidents for their calls Thursday after former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. ...more

March 5, 2009

A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush had successful open heart surgery. ...more

March 5, 2009

Former first lady Barbara Bush underwent successful open heart surgery Wednesday to replace her aortic valve, a family spokesman said. ...more

March 5, 2009

The Obama administration is reversing an 18-year ban on news coverage of the return of war dead, allowing photographs of flag-covered caskets when families of the fallen troops agree, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more

February 26, 2009

You would have thought that George H.W. Bush's infamous "No new taxes" pledge in 1988 would have been forewarning enough. It eventually did what such expedient political promises typically do: run smack into unforeseen reality down the road. Bush de-pledged. He had rolled the rhetorical dice and hoped ensuing events - fiscal and political - wouldn't require a recant. ...more

February 25, 2009