WASHINGTON – An underlying theme of our times that has gone unperceived by the high and mighty in media, gov-ernment,…

WASHINGTON — The year 2011 has drawn to an end, and as I look back I see several of my…

WASHINGTON — They are back! I speak of the Episodic Apologists who have been a phenomenon of the Clinton Saga…

WASHINGTON – Do you recall in reading President Harry S. Truman’s very good memoir, Years of Trial and Hope: 1946-1952,…

WASHINGTON — Do my eyes deceive me? It seems that the Republicans are in danger of losing the debate on…

WASHINGTON – When barney frank announced the other day that he was shuffling off stage after three decades in the…

Today is Jacques Barzun’s 104th birthday. We all want to celebrate a great mind and a noble soul on this…

WASHINGTON — We lost a big-hearted prodigy on Sunday morning, Teddy Forstmann, financier, political player, philanthropist (especially for the young…

WASHINGTON — The death of Fred Iklé last week inspires me to prophesy. Thus far only the redoubtable Wall Street…

WASHINGTON — Last weekend I was given a hint as to how an erroneous idea is born and how it…