BY SUSAN ESTRICH The president was funny at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Wanda Sykes, the host, was not. I hate to say that, because I have enjoyed many good laughs watching Wanda Sykes, the actress. Maybe she just got her lines from the wrong person this time. Maybe someone with more of an ear […]

BY FROMA HARROP It pains me to take Elizabeth Edwards to task for anything. She is suffering from terminal cancer and from assertions that her cheating husband fathered a child with a party girl. So my first instinct is to totally lay off. The only rap against her, it seems, is that she knew of […]

BY FROMA HARROP A camel, the old saying goes, is a horse made by committee. We don’t want camel health reform. We don’t want Washington lawmakers debating whether it should have one hump or two. We want a horse – a sleek machine that performs with efficiency. One may prefer that landmark legislation enjoy wide […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH “You have so much responsibility. It’s just hard work all the time,” said Bristol Palin, the new spokeswoman for the Candie’s Foundation to prevent teen pregnancy, at an “Event to Prevent” town hall on Wednesday. I’ve got news for you, Bristol. It gets worse. Little kids, little problems. Big kids, big problems. […]

BY JOE CONASON Hoping to re-brand their declining party, a group of prominent Republicans recently launched a national “listening tour,” presumably as an exercise in market research. They would like to know why voters – and especially younger voters – increasingly reject the GOP. They want to “ask the American people what their hopes and […]