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Here's a troubling and intriguing story that might otherwise have been buried on the back pages, little noticed, and soon forgotten. But these are the still the early days of an administration that both claims and proclaims the moral high ground, so this apparently...

There has been a great deal of talk that the GOP lacks a "main person" who speaks for it. (Google the words "leaderless" and "Republican" and you get more than 30,000 hits.) Whatever the party's troubles, the lack of a "main person" is not one of them. The United...

Lebisch: Rabbi! May I ask you a question?Rabbi: Certainly, Lebisch! Lebisch: Is there a proper blessing... for the Tsar? Rabbi: A blessing for the Tsar? Of course! May God bless and keep the Tsar... far away from us! Why is it that so many Americans are enamored of...

Happy Anniversary to Tricia and Ed.      

The poobahs at One Times Square were understandably wary when the Daily Show's Jason Jones came a-calling. But even taking that into account they seem every bit as bland, bleached, and beached, as their daily product.

A few days ago Edward Luce, the Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times, treated the readers of that eminent newspaper to an account of his lunch with Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward at the Hay-Adams Hotel in DC. (The menu and price of the meal are...

This week the Colbert Report is broadcasting from one of Saddam Hussein's palaces in Baghdad.  Last night's first show is worth watching.   A highlight is the interview with General Ray Odierno, the Commanding General of the Multi-National Force--Iraq, and the amusing...

In today's WaPo, Richard Leiby    "Just the Sport for A Leader Most Driven" describes the President's Sunday afternoon: Although far better known as a hoops man, President Obama seems to be morphing into a golf nut these days. He's hit the course five times since late...

An article today in The Hill starts out describing House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's unsuccessful attempts to schedule some face time with Speaker Pelosi. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) says he has requested to meet privately with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) this year,...

Ted Rall has made a cottage industry out of provocative indignation.  That's why his call for the President's resignation was taken with the usual shaker of salt.   We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack...