Listen tonight, if you can bear it, for anything other than standard Republican boilerplate since the 1920s -- a wistful desire to return to the era of William McKinley, when the federal government was small, the Fed and the IRS had yet to be invented.
As the GOP candidates pay the required perpetual homage to the 40th president, the rest of us might take some time to reflect on just how far off the Reagan Ranch the Republican Party has gone.
In a country that is supposed to be so "great," something doesn't add up, and we in Generation Y want to know why.
The reporters that just copy down outlandish claims by politicians without making any effort to verify them should switch places with the one of the unemployed who would like to work for a living.
The President's list of proposals will be long and, according to media reports, will cost about $300 billion. But for an economy debilitated by policy uncertainty, this is exactly the wrong thing to do.
I write today to thank you for your advocacy on behalf of unemployed Americans and to urge you to consider innovative new ways to create jobs and spur economic growth.
Terrorism provided us with the opportunity for a dramatic revitalization of exceptionalist discourse. We were once again in complete charge of our destiny.
Between Freddie and Fannie's latest woes and the United States Postal Service teetering on collapse, it's been a bad week or so for quasi-governmental agencies.
There was virtually no job creation from the last profit repatriation and fewer jobs created under the Bush Administration's tax cuts for the wealthy and laissez faire regulatory policies than over any comparable post-World War II period.
Throughout the Arab world, the need to discuss the place of religion in the society, politics, the economy and various institutions remains dire. Still, a new Weltanschauung is unmistakably emerging in the Arab and the neighboring Muslim world.
I haven't previously shared my perspective of that unusual and consequential Fall election. But because it shaped City politics for a decade, the 10th anniversary seems about the right time to review that perfect storm of calamity, money and race.
Not letting go permeates the city these days. In large ways and small, New Yorkers still are trying to refill the empty sky that Bruce Springsteen mourned.
Sadly, the new outbreak of massive wildfires in Texas has forced Gov. Rick Perry to return home and temporarily suspend his efforts educating voters that global warming is really "all one contrived phony mess that is falling apart under its own weight.
You mean you haven't heard about the new 21st century trade agreement being negotiated this week in Chicago? Might be because the federal U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) didn't even announce the 2-week meeting on its website. Or anywhere else.
The Tea Party displays the power of a sizable extremist faction to reject bipartisanship and impose its demands at any cost, in this case jeopardizing the nation's credit rating and overall economy, with ominous future implications.
Whether by intention or not, politicians and media have managed to conflate a host of election administration problems under the umbrella of "voter fraud".
Congress sat idle in Washington as China lured U.S. manufacturers to their mainland, stole our discoveries and inventions, and trained their students in America's elite universities.
The country is in a perilous situation. The economic situation is dire. Congress is discredited. Republicans are in disrepute. And the president is in a dangerously weakened position. Just in time for the 2012 campaign.
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 provides us with a "teachable moment" to determine just what kind of nation we want to be: one dedicated to peace and non-violence, or one trapped in the pursuit of violence as a hallmark of our foreign policy?