Since leaving the Senate in 1995, U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell has taken on one seemingly intractable problem after another. ...more

January 26, 2009

In America, a Guy named Joe, who happens to be a plumber, questioned and challenged a guy named Barack (Democrat), who happens to be running for president of the United States, and, within 24 hours, the drive-by media gave us more information about Joe's life than they have given us about Barack's life in the past 24 months. ...more

November 1, 2008

I disagree to some extent with your recent op-ed piece on Congressman Mahoney. Putting his sexual peccadilloes aside, Mr. Mahoney, who purports himself to be a blue dog conservative Democrat, voted in lock step with the party line of Nancy Pelosi and the rest of her far left cadre of liberal socialists. If you had researched Mr. Mahoney's voting record, you have found that he supported the billions in bailout legislation as well as just about every pork barrel project in sight. His voting record in no way could be considered conservative. ...more

October 21, 2008

The direction of the nation is at stake in this election. Hard economic times, a disappointing Republican administration and the seductive promises of a master orator are pushing America toward a European-style social democracy. If you don't want that to happen, vote for Republican Sen. John McCain. ...more

October 17, 2008

In their first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama immediately discarded the scheduled topic of foreign affairs Friday night and waded into a discussion of the nation's financial crisis, with both saying they were optimistic that Congress would agree on a financial bailout plan in the coming days. ...more

September 27, 2008

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis. ...more

September 26, 2008

Let us swing the door ajar and invite the elephant into the room. One big reason Barack Obama is locked in a tight race, rather than easily outdistancing his opponent, is because he is black. ...more

September 10, 2008

In a year when personal narratives are primed to trump policy positions as persuaders of the electorate, it is helpful to be reminded that biography often is not destiny. Not that you would have gathered that from either major party's (now blessedly concluded) national conventions. ...more

September 5, 2008

Now the real fight begins. As expected, John Russell dispensed with two other Democratic challengers in Tuesday's primary race for the District 5 U.S House seat currently held by Ginny Brown-Waite, and Fred Taylor easily beat an articulate college student for the chance to wrest the state Senate's District 11 seat occupied by Mike Fasano. ...more

August 28, 2008

Social Security turns 73 this month, marking over seven decades of one of the nation's most successful and important social programs. As Barack Obama has said, it is "the cornerstone of the social compact in this country." ...more

August 18, 2008