Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.

One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.

As with almost every significant aspect of the Bush presidency, its handling of 9/11 was a catastrophe from start to finish.

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.

Certainly there are worse sins than doing everything possible to make your presidency matter.

Americans get mad as hell with reasonable frequency but quickly return to their families and sitcoms.

Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya.