Sometimes being a "maverick" isn't as glorious as one thinks it will be.

It's interesting that Bill Clinton is not called the first African-American president.

Is Michelle Obama claiming Reagan's mantle of optimism and patriotic pride for her husband?

Barack seems like a nice guy, and we wish him the very best.

There is one way in which we can help the Cuban people, and that is by immediately and unilaterally ending the embargo that has been in place for all these years.

It's vital to recruit the best students from every nation to come to the US and found businesses.

When government employees stopped setting the beat, the Japanese lost the rhythm and their economy fell apart.

The Archbishop of Canterbury believes not only that his religion is dying, but his country's legal and political structure are doomed as well.

Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?

It's easy to see why Ted Kennedy would try to wrap Mr. Obama in the tattered mantle of his older brother, but is that a robe Mr. Obama should wear?