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WASHINGTON — Which political party loves America? Not the United States that once existed, but the flesh-and-blood nation that we all live in now. The...

CHICAGO — Once it emerged that Enrique Marquez Jr. had purchased the assault rifles used by the two San Bernardino terrorists — and had been discussin...

WASHINGTON — The narrative of Jesus' birth in Luke's Gospel has retained its power beyond the realm of believers because it renders one of the most pe...

WASHINGTON — Presidential campaigns inflate expectations that power wielded from government's pinnacle will invigorate the nation. Thus campaigns demo...

After hanging a shiny ornament on our Christmas tree the other day, admiration for the beauty of the live-cut tree suddenly turned to nagging concern....

WASHINGTON — The current ferment of American politics has brought comparisons to Europe in the 1930s, with echoes of leaders who stoke anger against o...

WASHINGTON — If you look beyond Donald Trump's comprehensive unpleasantness — is there a disagreeable human trait he does not have? — you might see th...

WASHINGTON — The biggest political news is that Donald Trump may be doing even better than polls have suggested. Yikes. Apparently, many Trump support...

I’m right and you’re wrong. Such is, apparently, the view that Americans take regarding not only each other’s political orientations, but all sorts of...

Today marks day 176 without a state budget — officially tying the record set in 2003 with Gov. Ed Rendell and a Republican Legislature. That’s nearly ...

It was a night of fear and loathing in Las Vegas. “We have people across this country who are scared to death,” said Chris Christie. “Everywhere in Am...

The Texas board of education didn’t find anything wrong with a world geography textbook that said slaves from Africa were workers, but that immigrants...

WASHINGTON — When President Obama addressed the nation following the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, he reiterated the call to resist animus towa...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Although he is just 22, Andrew Zeller is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at Purdue University. He is one reason th...

WASHINGTON — The Republican field, on the evidence of its fifth presidential debate, is beginning to sort itself by seriousness. Donald Trump alternat...

LAS VEGAS — The Republican presidential debate here was actually a three-part contest: pop quiz, cage match and actual policy debate. Donald Trump and...

WASHINGTON — Gee, wonder what Hillary Clinton has been up to? If you haven't heard much about her lately, it's because Clinton news has been as scarce...

WASHINGTON — History, on the "right side" of which Barack Obama endeavors to keep us, has a sense of whimsy. Proof of which is something happening thi...

LAS VEGAS — Who would be a more dangerous president: Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? This ghastly parlor game lacks a satisfying answer; either would be tox...

Christmas. When I was a child, it was my favorite time of year. Charlie Brown on TV with his tiny little tree, showing that Christmas should be about ...