I’m from Boston. Over the years, I lived in two apartments within a stone’s throw of Monday’s bombings. Over the years, I stood and cheered marathon runners countless times. I know … more

WASHINGTON — You know the feeling. You wake up filled with dread but, still groggy, you can’t put your finger on the reason.Possibilities flitter across the landscape of … more

President Barack Obama’s latest budget proposal makes a good predicate for a grand bargain — between the White House and the Congressional Progressive Caucus.Granted, the White House … more

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren’t people — corporations own people.The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control … more

Here’s a quick primer on a recent proposal by two North Carolina legislators to permit the state to designate an official religion:First, the North Carolina Speaker of the House effectively … more

WASHINGTON — In a city where David’s righteousness almost never beats Goliath’s might, what Nicole Hockley and the other Sandy Hook families did to the gun lobby last week was nigh … more

WASHINGTON — Well, at least we’re starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It’s called “regular order,” using the … more

Not only is a Senate plan for reforming the immigration program smart, it may actually become law. Those two things don’t necessarily go together. That it is bipartisan would seem a near … more

WASHINGTON — Tea party titan Rand Paul, visiting Howard University on Wednesday, told students that he had been called “either brave or crazy to be here” at the historically black … more

The TV cable-news network MSNBC runs sermonettes from its anchors during commercial breaks. They are like public-service announcements illuminating the progressive mind, and perhaps none has ever … more