Literary interests are a green flag for those looking for a partner with curiosity and communication skills — or just the ability to put down the phone.

You probably won’t be surprised that Trump is charging ahead at full speed with his “triumphal arch” on the Potomac.

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It’s shaping up as a humdrum day in my job as Senate correspondent for the Voice of America.

Out of the blue, my elderly Aunt Ro once asked a friend, “Would you speak at my funeral?” The woman was so gobsmacked that all she could say was, “Are you planning anything soon?”

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We have reached a sad state of affairs when an American president responds to a journalist’s expression of opinion by demanding action from a federal agency.

ALT: Homer Simpson Prier

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

For the last few weeks, the local weather has whipsawed between stifling heat and the short but fierce downpours we Southerners call “toad stranglers.” My writing has gone through similar highs and lo...

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On the nation’s 250th birthday, one voice will be missing from the global conversation about the state of the union.

ALT: Robert Downey Jr. Says 'Phew'

For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.

Elizabeth Arnold, an award-winning broadcast journalist whose work for National Public Radio spanned coverage of presidential politics, Congress and the global environment, died at her home in Anchora...

Hope for a brighter day at the Kennedy Center