BY SUSAN ESTRICH For a while there, I was worried that Barack Obama might actually be content to be a one-term president so long as he could say he accomplished what he set out to do. I’m not worried anymore. Not after Thursday’s announcement that William Daley will be the new chief of staff. Liberals […]

BY JOE CONASON In their ideological zeal, the new Republicans on Capitol Hill seem eager to gamble everything – the financial reputation of the United States, the international status of the dollar, even the chance of a worldwide depression – on a showdown over the national debt ceiling. What has been mostly a routine if […]

BY FROMA HARROP Consider this immigration case from Canada: Three years ago, a Mexican sister and brother moved illegally to Toronto. Brenda Garcia, 30, filed for refugee status, claiming fear of persecution back home for being lesbian. Her brother, 18-year-old Daniel Garcia, enrolled in a Toronto high school. Both said they might be killed upon […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER By gollies, America is still an exporting powerhouse. In fact, the good ol’ USA is No. 1 in the world in exports! Our corporate leaders, backed by Republicans and Democrats alike in Washington, are now routinely exporting America’s most precious goods – our jobs, factories, technologies and middle-class opportunities. With unemployment and […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH My little neighborhood sandwich shop was invaded today by a horde of high school students from a school I’d never heard of. The students were more diverse than the neighborhood. If you’re being as honest as Juan Williams, under such circumstances you might expect to see little signs of concern – those […]