Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated on January 20, 1986. A movement began in Congress in the late 70’s to establish a holiday honoring the civil rights leader, pushed mainly by Labor and African-American spokespersons. A...

Newt Gingrich has put a bee in the bonnet of the Republican party. His PAC ads in South Carolina attacking front-runner Mitt Romney are directed at what CEO Romney did at Bain Capital LLC. I was tempted...

A lot of big American bucks are being spent on the primary elections for President this year. Even more will be spent once the two parties formally nominate their chosen standard bearers at summer’s end. In Carolina...

Say what you will: Romney won an important and decisive victory in New Hampshire last night. None of his opponents have been able to mount a sustained alternative to his candidacy and time is running out. There...

Every political commentator in the US, except Pat Buchanan, seems to have crowded into New Hampshire today. Given the size of the state and its electoral votes, it suggests a telephone booth stuffing from the 60’s, with...