Playgrounds have become boring – stripped of seesaws, slides, swings, and jungle gyms. Sledding on snowy hills in public parks is in legal jeopardy. Fear of being sued and fear of even the slightest risk are increasingly leading to a sedentary childhood, even if that leads to the far...

Why does the new Democrat majority in the House of Representatives lack discipline?

With so many risks still overhanging the fragile U.S. economy, one hopes U.S. policymakers will not allow themselves to be carried away by the equity market's present state of euphoria.

Even with his popular vote win in election 2004 and the larger cushion in Congress, the sledding ahead will be very tough for President George W. Bush.

Dick Scammon understood that elections were covered as narration and anecdote, but there were also data: voting results, public opinion polling and demographics.

For a man known primarily as a policy wonk, Davis has an unusually clear sense of the historical "moment."