So what have you resolved to do in the new year? Get yourself organized? Lose those Christmas pounds that somehow seem to have already attached themselves to the pounds you gained last Christmas? Spend more time with the family? How about finally taking a vacation (presumably with that family you just resolved to spend more…

The words “Take Back the American Dream” crudely plastered on the sign held by a protestor reflect real frustration. Another placard simply saying, “Don’t Trust the Government” announces heartfelt skepticism. Yet another screaming, “Make GM Pay Taxes” is a virtual anthem for the middle class. Demonstrators cheer as a speaker blasts the bank bailouts of…

Over the years, I have had the privilege of being “in the room” with quite a number of amazing people. From presidents to philanthropists to ordinary folk who did extraordinary things, each has left an indelible mark on America’s history. But more important than how history views these individuals is the immeasurable contributions that many…

Sept. 11, 2001, 8:46 a.m. You remember where you were. You remember what you felt. American life would never be the same again — how we boarded a plane, how we viewed our neighbors. The images of hijacked planes slamming into skyscrapers, streets covered in ash, a scorched field in Pennsylvania, people running — but…

Fifty-seven years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the standard of “separate but equal” in our education system was one that is fundamentally unequal — and, moreover, is un-American, unconstitutional and immoral. In the nearly 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, we have seen incredible progress. But we…

I, like many of you, probably spent more time than I really wanted watching political “leaders” in Washington free-fall to a decision on our nation’s debt. As I listened to the partisan excuses, whines and outright misrepresentation of what triggers a “default,” it occurred to me that all of the drama and general posturing by…

Summertime, and the living won’t be easy. From electricity to groceries to clothing, the cost of everything you need, and of most things you want, has increased. But there are few places where Americans have felt the sting of higher prices more profoundly than at the gas pump. And you don’t have to own a…

During the course of the Bush administration, Republicans found their mojo for Big Government Republicanism. For example, in 2003, President George W. Bush announced that his administration would spend “up to $400 billion” over 10 years to add prescription-drug coverage to Medicare. By 2008 that Medicare drug entitlement program was projected to cost $783 billion…