Opinion

On Tuesdays, Senate Republicans hold a weekly policy lunch. The party leaders often hand out a Message of the Week that the senators are supposed to repeat at every opportunity.

So you think the chorus of white hate groups out on the lunatic fringe is seething with rage that Barack Obama could become president? Think again.

George Will's reference to the bloodshed in Georgia as "Russia's war of European conquest" reflects intense befuddlement on his part.

Thank goodness for the phenomenon that is Michael Phelps. His haul of eight gold medals is all that is saving the United States' performance at the Beijing Olympics from being disappointingly lackluster.

While normal people were out having fun Saturday night, I was home in front of the TV.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf inspects guard of honor before leaving the presidential house after his resignation in Islamabad Aug.

If some are born great, some achieve greatness, while some have greatness thrust upon them, then all three possibilities find an ideal synthesis in Michael Phelps.

A few words about the search for America. Meaning not the piece of land bounded by Atlantic and Pacific but, rather, the one that exists as a fixed point in the communal psyche, the one that registers true ...

Superlatives don't seem quite strong enough for the Herculean feats by the self-effacing swimmer who has made history.

Russia promises, of a sort, to begin moving its forces, including 2,000 tanks, out of the territory of its neighbor, the republic of Georgia, today.

Did you know the premier university of the Northeast charges $5 every day to park in the small lot opposite to the Nature Preserve? There are no discounts offered to alumni, senior citizens, the handicapped, at ...

The articles of impeachment against then-Attorney General Marc Dann earlier this year played a pivotal role in getting the scandal-scarred Democrat to resign.

FOR months now people have been saying to me, "Do you really think they're gone?" "Is it finally over?" "Is the coast clear?" The questions have been in response to Barack Obama 's supposedly yeoman service in ...

Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J., on President Bush and China's human rights: The president might have angered Chinese leaders, but he was right to challenge the country's repressive government.

The lopsided war between Russia and Georgia may have come to an end. The conflict had many causes.

Power may corrupt, but the powerful often get their way. The latest example is Russia's invasion of Georgia after the former Soviet republic attacked Moscow-supported separatists in a restive province.

McCain should seize opening, without a smile By George Will WASHINGTON -- Last August, John McCain's campaign was a guttering candle, out of money but flush with half-baked ideas that were unlikely to be ...

Published: Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 8:10 p.m. Everyone seems to be conducting polls this election year.

THE BUSH administration could have found no more galling way to flaunt its disregard for the environment.

There have certainly been some genuinely thrilling moments so far at the Beijing Olympics, including a few that didn't involve Michael Phelps.