Obama Delivers the Zingers at Journalists' Dinner  —  When President Obama made his debut as the nation's Stand-Up-in-Chief last night — the star attraction at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner — no one in his administration was safe from his one-liners.

Pelosi's amnesia  —  Either that or she slept through CIA briefings  —  Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been a leading critic of the Bush administration for authorizing the “torture” (waterboarding) of three captured al-Qaida leaders, despite the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney …

Barack Obama's rich supporters fear his tax plans show he's a class warrior  —  Some of Barack Obama's richest supporters fear they have elected a “class warrior” to the White House, who will turn America's freewheeling capitalism into a more regulated European system.

Be the Party of No  —  It's the route to Republican landslides.  —  Republican leaders in Congress have created something called the National Council for a New America (NCNA).  It describes itself as “not a Republican-only forum” but one that seeks to “engage people in a discussion …

The American Press on Suicide Watch  —  IF you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago.  That's when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing …

Obama Bans the Commonfolk from Normandy  —  A lot of the difference, the change if you will, between Obama and Bush has much to do with the word humility.  —  George Bush is and was a humble man.  Obama thinks the world counts on him and him alone to lead us.  Bush went to church and prayed often.

Sheikh reportedly detained pending torture investigation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi who was captured on videotape torturing an Afghan grain dealer has reportedly been detained, a senior U.S. State Department official told CNN Saturday.

Shift to Saving May Be Downturn's Lasting Impact  —  The economic downturn is forcing a return to a culture of thrift that many economists say could last well beyond the inevitable recovery.  —  This is not because Americans have suddenly become more financially virtuous or have learned the error of their free-spending ways.