BY SUSAN ESTRICH How can it be that with Washington simmering in scandals, with Republicans [not to mention talk-show hosts] using the “I” word [impeachment] with abandon, with calls to bring back Ken Starr [of Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky fame], President Obama’s job approval rating is holding steady at around 50%, thank you very much? It […]

BY JOE CONASON No doubt the degraded quality of congressional oversight astonishes Thomas Pickering, the distinguished American diplomat who oversaw the State Department’s Benghazi review board – although he tries not to say so too directly. For his demanding and difficult effort – only the most recent in a long history of public service under […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER My state of Texas seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it’s only fair that officeholders from other place be considered before deciding which state is the nincompoopiest of all. Give credit to Pennsylvania, for example, whose GOP governor, Tom Corbett, recently scored big nincompoop points by […]

BY BRIAN RENEGAR ‘Twas the night before sine die and all through my apartment, not a creature was stirring, not even my grandsons, Reece and...

BY FROMA HARROP The world looked upon the tornado-flattened landscape of Moore, OK, with awe. The destruction was shocking, as were the personal losses. Many...