There's a difference between using the word to insult somebody and using it to start a journalistic conversation.

The Republicans want to turn Medicare into a voucher plan that will end guaranteed coverage of medical bills for the elderly.

If you're a black kid, you're going to have hell in your life.

Teddy Kennedy rose to become a liberal lion by collaborating with Republicans.

I think, when you see kind of dysfunction among the Democrats of the Republicans, it impacts the whole country: the way we feel about each other, our ability to speak as one. And in this case, I think there are lots of Republicans who are worried about, does Donald Trump really represent conservatism?

In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns.