WASHINGTON — In a congressional campaign ad released Wednesday, Mark Sanford, R-Appalachian Trail, looks soberly into the camera and makes his closing plea before Tuesday’s … more

WASHINGTON — President Obama says we will change our approach to gun violence — some other day. Near the site of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., Obama said on Sunday night that he will take … more

WASHINGTON — At first blush, there is something delightfully Dada about Jim DeMint being named president of the Heritage Foundation. The senator, a tea party hero from South Carolina, is a … more

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up?For stories and characters, one needs only a pair of walking shoes in this city, where recent attentions … more

The usual gun extremists largely went into hiding this weekend after the obscenity in Connecticut. The National Rifle Association offered only a flowery expression of sympathy for the victims. Real … more

During the big health care fight, the right told older Americans that Obamacare was grabbing money from their Medicare and giving it to young people. Now it tells young workers that Medicare and … more

WASHINGTON — It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. It is not true, … more

In the days before the re-inauguration of President Obama, there have been the usual curtain raisers, with the usual suspects screaming from their respective corners about the usual stuff. And … more

WASHINGTON — President Obama began his second inaugural address with a reminder that this ceremony, like the 56 inaugurations before it in U.S. history, was a unifying symbol. “Each time we … more

For the left, this is what winning looks like. President Barack Obama gave a second inaugural address that just as easily could have been delivered by progressive darling Elizabeth Warren. If the … more