The Gadsden flag was flying at half-staff last week.

One of the greatest ideals of democracy is a close, intimate connection between the people of a state or country and the individuals who represent them in government.

The secretary of state sweepstakes is on. Who’s it going to be? Susan Rice, John Kerry, Tom Donilon or some mystery candidate who will surprise us all?

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The killing went on throughout the day without mercy or compassion, pity or remorse. The field below the stone wall was the scene of one of the bloodiest days in four years of war.

Are we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It’s looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds.

WASHINGTON — Let’s understand President Barack Obama’s strategy in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations.

WASHINGTON — Speaker John Boehner emerged from his weekly huddle with House Republicans on Wednesday morning to take his place behind a mahogany lectern in front of a brown backdrop.

There I was Sunday night, minding my own business, watching a moderately interesting football game on NBC, as halftime rolled around, people on the field began singing “God Bless America” — and sportscaster Bob Costas, about whom I previously had no particular positive or negative opinions, said something I knew instantly wasn’t true.

Numerous articles and commentaries from inside and outside of academia are raising the alarm that American public higher education faces an unprecedented financial crisis.

WASHINGTON — A variety of insults have been deployed in opposition to Susan Rice’s likely nomination for secretary of state: She is not qualified; she’s too aggressive; she “misled” the public following the lethal attack on the American consulate in Libya.