All eyes are on Iowa this week. That is, if they are opened at all. One cannot blame intelligent Americans for dozing as Ron Paul disowns his old embarrassing press hand-outs, Rick Perry fine-tunes his right-to-life positions...

The media attention focused on Iowa far outweighs its importance in the greater picture. First of all the process is convoluted and eccentric as we learned in 2008. The Obama people mastered it and this gave their...

It is hard to ignore recent developments in Washington if you hold any hope for progress in health care reform. A bill extending a payroll tax break affecting 160 million Americans was pared down to a two...

The Philadelphia Orchestra offered its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah at Verizon Hall Sunday night December 18. This has become something of a tradition for many orchestras at this time of year. Music Director Eugene Ormandy began...

In the public debate over our current health care crisis, managed care has become synonymous with villainy. There are some who believe that we had a perfectly good working health care delivery system in this country until...