WASHINGTON -- Most Americans can hardly believe we're having a national debate about birth control in the 21st century -- more than 50 years after The Pill became available and decades after condoms became as commonplace as, well, balloons.

The ...

WASHINGTON -- Two of the top news stories this past week have revolved around reproductive rights, though both raise far more troubling issues than a woman's right to contraception or abortion.

The more compelling questions concern a person's or ...

WASHINGTON -- When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.

People can't identify with perfection, he said. For the character to be sympathetic, he needs to have a flaw. He needs an injury or a wound of...

WASHINGTON -- A Friday New York Times story that essentially indicted and convicted a 22-year-old star football player on an alleged sexual assault charge by an anonymous accuser should have begun as follows:

"We know absolutely nothing about ...

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to Newt Gingrich's post-speaker activities on the Hill, it all depends on what your definition of "lobbying" is.

In Monday's debate, Mitt Romney charged Gingrich with "influence peddling." But Gingrich insists that he ...

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich's standing ovation Thursday night, when he attacked CNN moderator John King for asking about allegations that Gingrich wanted an "open marriage" with his second wife, told us little about South Carolina, but much about ...