All eyes are turned toward Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kentucky today. And when the votes are tallied at the end of the night, the message will be crystal clear: if you’re an inside-the-Beltway candidate – no matter what party you call your own – watch out. There are of course unique …

At the 2008 Democratic convention, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick issued a warning to his surging party. “Democrats don’t deserve to win just because Republicans deserve to lose,” he said. It was my favorite line of the campaign, and we now know it was prophetic. Dems clearly didn’t deserve to win …

New York Governor David Paterson broke ranks with the White House and Mayor Bloomberg in criticizing the decision to hold 9/11 terror trials in New York. He shouldn’t have to stand alone.Whatever his motive and earlier statements, Paterson has ended up on the right side. That’s more than we can …

1) My family and their continued good health and happiness. 2) The book: “Have a Little Faith” by Mitch Albom (author of “Tuesdays with Maury”). 3) “The Miracle on the Hudson” (i.e., the big successful water landing of that plane). 4) 40th Anniversary of “Sesame Street.” 5) The Lilly Ledbetter …

Mon, 04 May 2009 01:22:14 +0000 – Jack Kemp was a personal friend for more than 35 years. We belonged to the same church in Bethesda and our children grew up together. His passing is not only a personal loss for me; it is a loss for the country and …

Frank Sinatra’s song about Chicago, “My Kind of Town,” “a the town that won’t let you down,” seems dated in light of last weekend’s shooting spree that left 16 dead and dozens wounded in 53 separate incidents. According to the Chicago Tribune, “The victims were among 82 people shot between …

On April 15, 1989, students began to gather in Tiananmen Square, the spiritual heart of China, to mourn Hu Yaobang, a reformist official who had died that day. What began as a remembrance in Beijing became a national movement challenging Communist Party rule. Over the next few weeks, more than …

The commerce department reported Wednesday that the economy contracted by nearly 3 percent from January through March. This dismal shrinkage in output has many Americans worrying about a dreaded double dip recession. On the jobs front, it feels to many Americans that the recession never ended. One of the misleading …

Former hoops star Dennis Rodman is on a diplomatic mission to North Korea and Watergate legend Bob Woodward is being defended by Republicans for his reporting. Maybe the Mayans were right after all. The stranger of the two is Woodward’s new-found star status with the right and his persona non …

The louder America speaks, the less this administration seems to listen. The tribe has spoken clearly on health care: 73 percent want this bill scrapped; 52 percent are against the reforms altogether. President Obama came out Wednesday and said he’s just going forward and using reconciliation. But America opposes use …