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Gov. Sarah Palin sat for an interview with The Anchorage Daily News in her Wasilla home, where moose chili was simmering in a crock pot. The whole interview

Two new videos recorded by the Secretary of State, who’s in Brussels today for the NATO foreign ministerial meetup. Intelligently, these are released with

Dick Armey has too many goats to run for president. Focus on the Family thinks anti-bullying efforts are part of a gay agenda. Gmail will help you avoid

The 10 members of the panel named by Congress to investigate the causes of last year’s economic implosion appear to be wrestling with their role in this year’s

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Barack Obama is presumably enjoying his first day as president-elect, but he also got right to work. After an hour at Regents Park this

The New York Times has a thorough overview of the Obama administration’s forthcoming nuclear-weapons policy. Anonymous administration officials tell the paper

The news today that the Obama administration has arranged for the repatriation of six Yemeni detainees from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay

I asked Rob Fuller, Lockheed Martin’s chief spokesman for the F-22 jet that it manufactures, what his reaction was to the Senate’s vote to strip funding for the

In a little more than a year, Colorado may become the first state to legalize marijuana. Between now and then, prepare to meet petition waving enthusiasts. In fact, prepare to meet competing petition wavers as it is quite likely that at least two different pro-marijuana groups will propose at least two different legalization schemes

Republicans are working overtime today to make political hay out of Colorado Senate hopeful Andrew Romanoff’s revelation that the White House suggested three

Congress reporter Mike Lillis reports that with both ends of the political spectrum unhappy with a Senate bill meant to curb the effects of global warming and

Nice catch by Greg Sargent: the sort-of-ballyhooed Center for Republican Renewal, a think tank launched in December by ousted Republican National Committee

A new study shows that a community that has a high rate of uninsured members affects the health care access and quality of those who actually have insurance. Modern Healthcare reports that the study , which was published in the journal Medical Care , found that there are “indirect, or spillover, health care effects” on people with health care insurance, when the community they live in has a high rate of uninsured. One of the key findings of the study was that “working-age adults with private insurance residing in areas with a high rate of uninsurance were less likely than their peer in areas with a low rate of uninsurance to have a usual source of care, an office-based visit, and any medical care expenditures.” According to Modern Healthcare: found that insured residents living in communities with high uninsurance rates were more likely to have unmet medical needs and encounter problems obtaining specialist referrals than those who lived in communities where the percentage of uninsured residents was lower.

As Detroit moves to turn more of its public schools into charter schools, a new study indicates that students at most of the city’s charter schools have lower scores than those in the public system.

After a bit of a late summer lag, opponents of Ohio’s collective-bargaining-reform law, Senate Bill 5, have regained a definitive lead, according to a recent

A draft report proposes fundamental changes to military-civilian relationships during complex wars.

State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey (Pic via Facebook) State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has filed a bill for the upcoming session that would make January 2012 ”Pregnancy Resource Center Month.” Pregnancy resource centers are also referred to as crisis pregnancy centers. Crisis pregnancy centers, or CPCs, are mostly religious centers aimed at dissuading women from having an abortion.

In June, new home sales rebounded from their record-low rate to ... the second-lowest rate ever recorded. The Commerce Department announced that home sales

If you guessed that this took place in Los Angeles, you’re right: more precisely, in Van Nuys, a district north of Hollywood.   And if you

Here’s more history on Sen. John McCain’s mortgage plan, this time from The Wall Street Journal’s blog. Apparently, the idea has an interesting history: It

The Brooklyn body of the National Labor Relations Board has gathered more evidence that Target intimidated workers by threatening to close a store if a union was approved in a vote this summer. The new charges could be enough evidence for an administrative law judge to recommend that the election results be overturned, Alvin Blyer of the regional NLRB told the Minnesota Independent. The union lost the June election at Valley Stream, N.Y., 137-85, but has filed a number of objections with the NLRB for intimidation and illegal firing of a union supporter, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

A coalition of three social conservative groups have set their sights on Iowa and are planning a “Values Voter Bus Tour” that visits 22 cities in four days in advance of the Iowa GOP’s Ames Straw Poll. The Family Research Council Action’s Faith Family Freedom Fund, the National Organization for Marriage and the Susan B.