Voices

Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem.

If you could spend vast amounts of other people's money just by saying a few magic words, wouldn't you be tempted to do it?

People who remember the old comic strip "Peanuts" will recall an often repeated situation where Lucy offers to hold a football for Charlie Brown to kick.

The celebration of our founders' 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over.

Imagine you are an unborn spirit whom God has condemned to a life of poverty but has permitted to choose the nation in which to live.

Not so many years ago, many states refused to prosecute cases of rape unless there was "corroboration" for the woman's complaint.

Supreme Court confirmation hearings are nothing but a charade. "Balls and strikes" is what John Roberts said he'd call. Sonia Sotomayor, no fool she, said the same.

It was the speediest nomination, Senate confirmation hearing and vote to affirm a presidential appointment since Barack Obama moved into the White House.

Set aside for a moment how inconceivable it is that an article in Rolling Stone magazine could be the cause of anyone's being fired — much less a U.S.

"Why do they hate us?" It's a burning question on the minds of border-dwelling taxpayers, small-business owners, farmers, and Rocky Mountain oil and gas industry workers suffering under punitive De

President Obama is finally uniting the left and the right — in joint opposition to his administration's chronic sabotage of transparency and public disclosure rules.

Home mortgage interest rates are the lowest in history, but house sales are plunging.

About 10,000 men and women have served in the United States Congress. Robert C.

Ben Bernanke threw a curveball in his midterm report to Congress this week. The Fed view of the economy has been downgraded since it last reported in February.

Here are some thoughts on a few recent and important money-politics headlines.

The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon "Despicable Me" is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. "Toy Story 3" is No.

It's not cute when reporters play dumb.

I'm confused about immigration.

For all its problems, America is a great place. And one thing that makes America great is its prosperity.

Having worked with Elena Kagan at the Bill Clinton White House, I was inclined to see her as a political moderate, worthy of support as the best one could expect from the Barack Obama White House.