Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush's unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government. ...more

January 24, 2009

President Barack Obama on Friday quietly ended the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information on the option. Liberal groups welcomed the decision, while abortion rights foes criticized the president. ...more

January 23, 2009

For Barack Obama, the way to victory may be simply to stay on course and avoid game-changing mistakes. It doesn't hurt that the political landscape favors Democrats or that the Illinois senator has a huge cash advantage over John McCain. ...more

November 3, 2008

Reference Darrel Johnston's Aug. 29 letter "Typical Politics." To paraphrase him: "When a candidate runs for the most important office in the world, and has nothing to offer in the way of experience, he will not and should not prevail." ...more

September 18, 2008

Barack Obama and John McCain brought the battle over who is better prepared to change Washington to a pair of states that will be critical to the November election, and they sought to win over voters eager to turn the page on eight years of the Bush administration. ...more

September 7, 2008

Remember the Democratic National Convention? The Clintons and the Obamas, Invesco Field, the fireworks? ...more

September 7, 2008

To Barack Obama's thrust that John McCain is running for George W. Bush's third term, McCain parries that Obama is running from Jimmy Carter's second. We are supposed to cringle in horror at the prospect. ...more

June 28, 2008

Those who oppose abortions call those who are pro-choice morally corrupt. One columnist even reasoned that there would not be illegal aliens in this country if those 50 million aborted babies had lived. Those 50 million would have jobs, thus negating the need to import illegals. With that rationale, all those policies by President Bush would be justified. Please follow this logic. Even that great conservative, President Reagan, justifiably out-sourced 5 million jobs because 20 million babies were aborted. He even penalized the taxpayers by using their taxes to fund the transfer of factories off shore. In addition, he allowed those manufacturers to take their profits off shore to avoid paying taxes and allowed them to compete with those who stayed in country for more contracts to be off shored. Who would have believed such a scenario? Not I! ...more

January 30, 2008