If one thing is clear this election season, it’s that voters — black, white or otherwise — won’t hesitate to call out the “arrogance” of their African-American elected officials when they see it. The ...

Seeking to make sense of Barack Obama's first year as president -- and why he has come across as competent but less magical than many Americans hoped -- I've been rereading his autobiography, "Dreams ...

WASHINGTON — The most revealing congressional reaction following President Obama’s State of the Union address came from Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina: “He sort of took us to the principal’s ...

President Barack Obama points to supporters before speaking at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, Sept. 26. (Photo by The Associated Press) MORELAND HILLS, Ohio -- If anyone can testify to the ...

I wasn’t expecting to wake up on the morning after Election Day feeling refreshed and ready to face the day. Like many nail-biting Americans, I too had consumed “pundit porridge” and was fully ...

WASHINGTON -- By early 2011, writes former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, he had concluded that President Obama "doesn't believe in his own [Afghanistan] strategy, and doesn't consider the war to be ...