BY VERN TURNER After yet another mindless slaughter by gun the thoughts and prayers comfort the living, but do nothing to change the entrenched American...

BY CLAUDIA SWISHER Recently I held a Twitter conversation with one of my heroes, Diane Ravitch, about why teachers seem to be so quiet during...

BY SUSAN ESTRICH News alert: Mitt Romney is raising a lot of money. A whole lot. So much that in the past three months, he’s been out-raising the incumbent president, which is no easy feat. So much that the chattering class is beginning to wonder whether the president’s team has been spending too much too […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER If you thought right-wing politicos couldn’t get any goofier, take a peek at Texas on “Cruz Control.” Ted Cruz is America’s latest Tea Party darling, having just pulled off a political contortion in Texas that few would’ve thought humanly possible: He got to the right of Gov. Rick Perry! The “Oops” governor […]

BY FROMA HARROP When traditional Republicans tell their Tea Party wing that they have to negotiate with Democrats, the radicals’ frequent response is: No, they don’t. One side has to win. But before that fistfight at the edge of the falls can take place, one side has to win within the Republican Party. Civil wars […]