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If all one had seen of the world's youth were the pelvis-thrusters on MTV and the pubescent darlings of Teen Beat, one might wonder whether they had just arrived from [...]

He makes his living studying and writing about the stock market and the economy, but dames Glassman is optimistic. After the recent declaration by the National Bureau of Economic Research [...]

As Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was being feted at the White House with roasted salmon, exotic vegetables and the fine sounds of the lute, Congress was preparing to hold hearings [...]

The vice president has had his eye on the ball ever since he bounced on the knee of his senator father. Now the Clinton scandals may be speeding the pace. [...]

Money is the lubricant that keeps Washington's political machine humming. Like it or not, experts say that special interests and influence peddling are here to stay. To the poet Walt [...]

Political talk radio came of age in the nineties, and conservatives have proved to be the most adept at harnessing the medium's power for issue advocacy. In the beginning there [...]

It's time again for presidential hopefuls to saddle up for the grueling ride ahead. With as many as 15 possible contenders, the race is sure to be anything but dull. [...]

Insight reviews the top stories of the year in pictures. Here is our selection of the best and worst stories of 1 997. Insight readers get the real news first. [...]

`Every time we open one door, it seems like it's four or five places we have to look,' says Dan Burton, chairman of the House Oversight hearings. He emphasizes that [...]

In a panic last year, Congress rushed to put estrogen-research requirements into both the Safe Water Act and the Food Safety Protection Act, requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to develop [...]

To follow the hottest game on Capitol Hill you need a program that lists players by team, money and ideological batting average. So here it is: the Washington Senators vs. [...]

Maybe it's something in the water. Richard Nixon's presidency foundered because of a third-rate burglary that sent his administration overboard 25 years ago in the scandal known as Watergate -- [...]

If you have not been stranded on a remote island for the last six months it should come as no surprise that congressional elections will be held Nov. 5. With [...]

With the decision to retire at the end of the 107th Congress made by old-guard Republican Sens. Phil Gramm of Texas and Jesse Helms of North Carolina, it is time [...]

The president's fate likely will stay on hold until after those November elections, when Republicans and Democrats will take a cue from voters to decide what to do with Clinton. [...]

Reelection time has come for three of the Senate's freshman Women. Will six year of party-line performance Leave all but their most ardently feminist supporters cold? In 1992, three female [...]

Far from being seen as critical to foreign policy, human-rights issues often take a back seat to business and trade interests in U.S. dealings with other governments. In June, Bill [...]

Labor and employment lawyer Steven Mitchell Sack says that while statistically harassment in the work place is decreasing, with more women entering the work place, the number of complaints is [...]

The White House is in attack mode, cocking hired guns in the form of private investigators and fine-tuning its press machine. Have the president's corpopals crossed the line? This police [...]

In a recent appearance on NBC's Meet the Press, former independent counsel Joseph DiGenova charged the Clinton administration with hiring private investigators Jack Palladino and Terry Lenzner to dig for [...]

U.S. submariners seeking a commemorative stamp to honor their 100-year record of patriotic military service say they have been snubbed in favor of a Communist, a sexpot and a cartoon [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey This week's mass shooting at Washington's Navy Yard has thrust the AR-15 assault rifle is back in the center of the gun control debate, even though [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey Conservative talk radio hosts are among those leading the charge in opposition to military action in Syria, offering predictions of dire consequences and criticizing President Barack [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Recognizing that it was his own prepubescent exuberances that triggered the termination of Principal Seymour Skinner, Bart Simpson hoped the state of disrepair into which [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Head Start Battle Still Going Strong Factional bickering over Medicare and energy legislation may have dominated the headlines in recent weeks, but below the radar [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT In a memo to senior Pentagon officials Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld recently used the term 'slog' to describe the situation in Iraq. Not a [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Fat Lawsuits Could Weigh on Economy Obesity has been recognized officially as a growing danger to the health of Americans, but an expanding issue related [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Americans in Motion Several new reports and briefs released by the U.S. Census Bureau provide a glimpse of where Americans are and where they are [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT If there were any doubt Republicans and Democrats view politics on different screens, one needed only key into the spin they put on the results [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Religion's Role in a Person's Net Worth A new study shows religious affiliation plays a significant role in wealth accumulation over the course of individual [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT If only the United States were a little bit more accommodating in negotiations with European allies. If only the administration of President George W. Bush [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT GAO Report Finds Forest Service Guilty Of Burning Money While Smokey Bear was keeping his eye on fighting forest fires, it would appear nobody at [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT President George W. Bush proclaimed his intention following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to exercise the partial-mobilization authority contained in the U.S. Code [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT With momentum growing behind the candidacy of former Vermont governor Howard Dean, it seems more than a joke that when the Democratic National Convention opens [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Speaking to a group of antiwar Democratic primary activists, presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts attempted to deflect questions about his own vote in [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Getting a Head Start On Lobbying Efforts? Usually 'Dear Colleague' letters attract little attention in Washington and rarely become the center of controversy, let alone [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT If you mention her name, opinions will come. For Melissa Brundege, a 24-year-old from Northern Virginia, admiration for Hillary Rodham Clinton stems from the freshman [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT Recipient of Pardon Back in Hot Water Some felons just do not learn, or at least that appears to be the case with fraudster A. [...]

Byline: Jennifer G. Hickey, INSIGHT If there were any doubts the 2004 presidential campaign had begun, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) put them to rest by calling for a General Accounting [...]

As the winds of war sweep across Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats try to find a balance between tightening security, preserving civil liberties and saving the economy. It is not [...]

With slim majorities in both chambers, members of Congress are forced to fight a new kind of political war with shifting coalitions fop different issues. Will this niceness last? Writing [...]

In the week following the shocking terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland, Congress stood united in support of President George W. Bush. How long until it's back to politics as [...]

Political number-crunchers are taking polls and counting heads with an eye toward the 2002 and 2004 elections. In the meantime, a conservative stalwart closes out a career. In a June [...]

Proclaiming discontent with the president's fiscal stewardship and a dwindling surplus, Democratic Party leadership launched rockets of rhetoric. But could the attack campaign backfire? As the summer ended, U.S. military [...]

The release of new data by OMB shows that the federal budget surplus virtually has vanished. Surprise! That's why the president returned so much tax money to the American people. [...]

The August congressional recess is supposed to be a `district-work day,' but Democrats are using it to coordinate attacks on the Bush agenda and map out strategy for the 2002 [...]

As the first session of the 107th Congress concluded, the Bush team celebrated passage in the House of a patients' bill of rights and a comprehensive energy plan. What will [...]

Accompanied by much political chest-pounding, Democrats and Republicans are engaging in guerrilla warfare over a patients' bill of rights, appropriations bills and Social Security reform. At times the solution to [...]

Ethics complaints now have become the weapon du jour for congressional Democrats intent on slamming the Bush team and derailing the conservative master plan on Capitol Hill. Milton Friedman? Friedrich [...]

Race remains a powerful weapon in campaign battles, whether the subject is voting in presidential elections, congressional redistricting or the continued fight over regulating soft money. These are stories that [...]