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As millions of us gathered at tables to offer thanks during this uniquely American holiday (OK, Canada has one, too, but without our Pilgrims), most expressed gratitude to God for...

NEW YORK CITY -- A week ago in the big city, I'm bopping along Fifth Avenue with my brother, and the place is one huge construction site. But this evening's...

WASHINGTON -- Winning California's state lottery with the first ticket he bought put Kevin McCarthy, then 20, on a path to becoming, in January, the third-ranking Republican leader of a...

SAN DIEGO -- Poised to make history by becoming the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latina to be a governor of any state, Susana Martinez will...

When I was 11, my father thought it was time to show my sister and me the nation's capital. I have only vague memories of that trip -- the heat,...

WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago William F. Buckley wrote a memorable complaint about the fact that Americans do not complain enough. His point, like most of the points he made...

WASHINGTON -- It was, or so I thought, a dandy column idea: an imaginary, missing chapter of George W. Bush's "Decision Points," in which the former president would admit to...

WASHINGTON -- Will the tea party sell out for a mess of pottage in the form of a ban on earmarks? That's one possibility. But another is that this embrace...

Many liberals went bananas over the new plan to reduce deficits. The ideas put forth by the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission ignore their priorities, they lament. Liberals...

SAN DIEGO -- I promised myself that I'd stop defending Sarah Palin. But it's a hard habit to break. While I found the former Alaska governor refreshing during the 2008...

WASHINGTON -- When Alexander Pope was on his deathbed, his doctor assured him that his breathing, pulse and other vital signs were improving. "Here I am," Pope said to a...

WASHINGTON -- The day after his shellacking, the bruised president offered a sober, tripartite analysis of voters' message. First, he said, voters are fed up with Washington partisanship and special-interest...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Rep.-elect Bill Huizenga, is a freshman Republican congressman who will assume the seat held for 18 years by Rep. Peter Hoekstra. Their Western Michigan district is...