With Congress having sent a bill to the president, a lot of people inside and outside Washington will breathe a huge sigh of relief that the trauma is over. Now get ready for the next set of "my way or the highway" showdowns.

Unless politicians from both sides get their acts together, the recent voting conflict in the U.S. House of Representatives is bad news for the nation.

Anti-Americanism predates President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.

If Democrats are smart, they will give John Roberts a thorough grilling during his hearing, let him get eighty-plus votes, and congratulate the president for choosing the right kind of nominee.

The most interesting moment on the remarkable and historic first day of the 110th Congress was the eloquent, gracious and insightful speech of House Minority Leader John Boehner.

The late Dan Rostenkowski and Ted Stevens were far from perfect, but a damn sight better than the self-righteous ideologues and hyperambitious loudmouths who make up too many of today's best-known lawmakers.

Will ratification of the UN Women's Treaty really improve the well-being of women throughout the world? How will ratification affect American life?

The American public is about to see an unprecedented "iron man," event which will test the will and the patience of voters and will probe the endurance of the candidates for president in 2004.