WASHINGTON — The stupendously unedifying display of an American presidential election is now coming down to its last whoop-whoop, its…

WASHINGTON — I see that the convalescing Bill Clinton is about to leave his Chappaqua infirmary to hit the campaign…

WASHINGTON — Where else but in an American presidential campaign can a candidate declare with solemnity that “labels don’t matter”…

NEW YORK — I did not know that the American political classes were so wild for debates. Truth be known,…

WASHINGTON — “All we are saaaaying is give peace a chance” — have the charmed crowds that turn out to…

WASHINGTON — In observing the violence in Iraq it is helpful to have a grasp of history. There is a…

WASHINGTON — The other day Lawrence Auriana, the president of Columbus Citizens Foundation, an Italian-American heritage organization, objected to the…

WASHINGTON — Word that Bill Clinton was headed to the hospital for bypass surgery must have caught a lot of…

NEW YORK — I arrived in our nation’s Apple through Penn Station, expecting the worst. The angry tone of the…

WASHINGTON — Is it not curious that in major media there is not a trace of humor or even irony…