When I hear conservative critics of government getting in the way of business, I always think about a trucking executive I know who shared the same complaints — until I pointed out that he made his fortunate running rigs across the government highway system. How’d you get to work today? …

Back in 2008, I joined over a dozen journalists and physicians in Phoenix to review Sen. John McCain’s health records. It was clear to me at the time that all the attention paid to his history of melanoma had more to do with an attempt to derail his candidacy as …

The hollowing out of the middle class is a potent campaign issue. Almost everyone—even affluent professionals and entrepreneurs—want to identify with the middle class, but increasingly, the genuine middle is a tough place to be. Since 2000, the median income of working age households has fallen more than 10 percent. …

Just last week I was sitting at the bar at Buzzy’s 8 Ball Room with Bobo, the Talking Intern, and a couple PWB staffers watching a documentary that featured footage of old Nicky Kruschev berating a young U.S. Vice President named Richard Nixon. I believe the year was 1964. Now, …

For a species that notoriously enjoys making excuses, science has long been the great justifier. Is the annoying brat that lives next door the spawn of Satan? Maybe he has Attention Deficit Disorder. Is your friend a lazy couch potato who prefers a Big Mac to a salad? Maybe she …

If the health care reform and its aftermath mean anything, it is the calculated attempt to address inequality in the nation, a matter that surfaced during the presidential campaign and an issue that goes to the heart of this administration’s game plan. The presumptive gap between rich and poor has …

Happy birthday to me,Happy birthday to me,Happy birthday dear Barry,Happy birthday to me. Today is Barack Obama’s 49th birthday and an ideal time to mark a little more than a year and a half causing havoc in the White House. What could be more appropriate to celebrate his 18 months …

A new movie out this week will leave viewers laughing and cringing about the crazy politics in a state unlike any other. It’s called “The Soprano State, New Jersey’s Culture of Corruption, The Documentary: Part One.” It will be released in select Clearview Cinemas in the New Jersey/New York area …

I was wondering when sexism against women in this election cycle was going to draw some attention. — I won’t go back to the ‘84 campaign when I, too, was called a “word that rhymes with witch.” — Since then I have received several rather embarrassed apologies from a very …

If you want to get a sense of just how close the Republicans are to destroying their brand, you don’t need to look any further than this YouTube remix of “Yes, We Can,” the successful Obama campaign video. In it, the positive Obama “Yes, We Can” message is interrupted by …