Dan Inouye’s colleagues in the United States Senate honored him with a ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, making him only the 32nd person in history...

In his lifetime, Dan Inouye did the seemingly impossible: He gave the profession of politics a good name. He didn’t do it by the current...

As I write, the fiscal dance apropos the fiscal cliff continues in our nation’s capital. We all know the moves. It’s not a complicated tango....

First came Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday followed by Cyber Monday. Out of fear engendered by television footage of last year’s Black Friday tramplings,...

At age 90, my mother-in-law doesn’t get around as well as she once did, so the past few elections she’s chosen to vote by mail....

Abraham Lincoln has been given to us in many forms. He’s the granite savior of the Union, watching over us as Washington’s most famous monument....

So the candidates, winners and losers alike, have taken down their signs. No one waves at us in the early morning light as we leave...

Ah, the morning after. It brings hurt feelings, bruised egos, recriminations and pleas for reconciliation. The most overworked refrain from the victors: “I’m humbled by...

Whoever wins – or has won by the time you get your MidWeek - this week’s general election contests, 2012 will go down as the...