Hoping to win back the White House in November, Democrats in August are, in Obama's phrase, turning the page. ...more

August 27, 2008

Michelle Obama told Democrats on the opening night of their convention that her husband and their presumed nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, emerged from humble beginnings with an understanding of the need to serve and inspire. ...more

August 26, 2008

Last week was vacation time for me, and it featured a family trip to the Southwest, including the Grand Canyon, San Diego and a stop at Disneyland in Anaheim. The original Disney complex, which opened in 1955, pales in comparison to our Disneyworld in Orlando that came along some 16 years later. ...more

August 13, 2008

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Barack Obama must continue to grovel to Hillary Clinton's dead-enders, some of whom mutter darkly that they will not only not vote for him, they will never vote for a man again. ...more

August 5, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The public hasn't taken to Michelle Obama yet, especially whites. And it's got a question about Cindy McCain: Who is she? ...more

July 2, 2008

Most reasonable people have come to view Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced" motto as little more than a promotional claim that can't be backed up by fact. ...more

July 2, 2008

Cindy McCain does not look like the kind of would-be first lady who has ever eaten a cookie, much less baked one. ...more

June 20, 2008

"Who are you? And how can you write such crap?" ...more

June 14, 2008

It has been a rough 10 days for Michelle Obama. Internet rumors claimed there was a videotape of her criticizing "whitey" from a church pulpit. A Fox News analyst suggested her affectionate on-stage knuckle bump with her husband, on the night he locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, might have been a "terrorist's fist jab." Fox also labeled her a "baby mama," a term some use for unwed mothers. ...more

June 14, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as he launched a Web site to debunk rumors about himself and his wife. ...more

June 13, 2008