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Blogger Big Tent Democrat at TalkLeft makes a great point this morning, writing that the Supreme Court under Chief Judge John Roberts has been an activist

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog has dug up an audio recording of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals argument in the controversial

A little history: Senate Democrats thought they were done with financial regulatory reform, ready to vote and pass the bill to President Obama. Then Sen. Scott

The Oklahoma conservative and past co-sponsor, with former Sen. Barack Obama, of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, is not all sold on the

Courage and Consequence reads less like the story of one of history’s most powerful presidential advisers and more like a quickie fightback book from some apparatchik ensnared in a petty scandal.

In this corner: Christopher Hill, the Obama administration’s choice to become ambassador to Iraq; Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign

Not happy with the Bush administration’s proposed new rules for the Endangered Species Act? You’ve got 30 days to complain. The New York Times editorial board

In 1987, Michael M. Thomas, my former colleague at The New York Observer, published The Ropespinner Conspiracy. The title derives from a remark attributed

During his 2003-2004 tour in Iraq’s Anbar Province, a leading Army counterinsurgent officer named John Nagl confronted many frustrations -- from improperly

It’s still not a definitive rejection of the deal reached in Vienna to reprocess Iran’s uranium abroad into a matter unsuitable for a nuclear weapon, but it’s

Here’s a statement from Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of progressive Jewish lobby J Street, on the Obama/Netanyahu meet: J Street commends President

Not only is the press not allowed to ask questions of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, it appears Palin is apparently not allowed to answer questions either. From

Al Franken gets his groove back. Chuck Norris wants you to vote (for gun rights). Stephen Hawking doesn’t think God created the universe. Carly Fiorina

The former Republican governor of and senator from Virginia is making the rounds among Washington conservative groups pushing his new organization, the American

Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, read my piece today and emailed over a couple of thoughts about the current debate over

Seeking to dismiss criminal fraud charges against him, Raymond Azar, a 45-year-old Lebanese construction manager working for an English contractor, has charged

As if on cue from that last post, Scott Eric Kaufman recounts this recent conversation: A former student of mine from Iran heard from his brother for the

Rand Paul, who has surprised a lot of people by becoming a real contender for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky, bows to political reality -- he’s blasting the