by Steven and Cokie Roberts on September 15th

“Electability is the fool’s gold of politics,” insists David Carney, Rick Perry’s chief strategist. That’s a foolish thing to say. Politics ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on September 9th

Cass Sunstein runs regulatory policy in the Obama White House. The administration’s goal, he wrote last month in The Wall ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on September 2nd

Whenever natural disaster strikes, the nation’s governors always have the same response. Where are the Feds? When will help from ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on August 5th

Finally, the Responsibility Caucus has spoken. A total of 343 lawmakers, from both chambers and both parties, supported a bill ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on July 29th

Rancor and recrimination are suffocating Washington like a summer heat wave, but the nasty tone of the debate obscures an ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on July 15th

PALM DESERT, Calif. – Since her death at 93, Betty Ford has been justly praised for publicizing her battles with ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on July 8th

The chambermaid who accused a powerful French politician of attempted rape in a New York hotel last May turns out ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on June 3rd

Sarah Palin’s “One Nation” bus tour through America’s historic sites could be the start of a presidential campaign. Or she ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on May 20th

They listened to the woman. That is the most remarkable part of the sordid sex scandal ensnaring Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ..

by Steven and Cokie Roberts on May 6th

“Let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11.” Using his triumphal announcement that Osama bin ..