WASHINGTON -- When I recently hosted an online discussion, I wondered if I would get bombarded with questions about the automatic federal spending cuts that have dominated the news out of Washington.

What I heard came from people trying to deal ...

WASHINGTON -- I get a chill whenever I listen to James Brown soulfully sing "It's a Man's Man's Man's World."

I especially like to shout "you got that right" when he says, "but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl."

Those ...

WASHINGTON -- There's one thing for certain about the looming federal spending cuts. Whether or not there's a deal to avert the blanket cuts, things are going to get financially tight for a lot of people who least expect it.

First, can I just say...

WASHINGTON -- With my 17-year-old daughter headed to college, I tried out the new college scorecard tool launched by the Obama administration following the president's State of the Union address.

I was not impressed. Some links didn't work and ...

WASHINGTON -- Why would a couple risk so much -- respect and even their freedom -- for furs, furniture and a fedora?

This was the question that came to my mind when I read the federal charges against Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former congressman ...