Frank James

by Frank James The Service Employees International Union has a new TV ad up in Pennsylvania in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. It's called "Bitter Small-Town People for...

Sen. Robert Byrd walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) by Frank James Sen. Robert Byrd, the legendary but frail...

by Frank James President Harry Truman famously said what he needed was a one-handed economist to avoid the profession's tendency towards "on one hand, on the other hand" messages. But...

by Frank James Sen. Hillary Clinton, the presidential candidate whose truthfulness is questioned by many Americans according to polling, will appear Thursday, April 17 on the show of Stephen Colbert,...

by Whitney Blair Wyckoff The friendly skies may not be so friendly toward cell phone users. A bill that was introduced yesterday called the Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us...

by Frank James The fact that the Bush Administration is down to its last few months now isn't stopping some liberal groups from calling for the removal of one of...

by Frank James Sen. Hillary Clinton may not be getting the hoped for impact from her latest TV ad in Pennsylvania. Our friends at HCD Research Inc., a consumer-research company...

by Frank James In our effort to make The Swamp even better, we tried to upgrade to a new and improved publishing platform last night. It didn't work but our...

Good morning. Here are a few Washington items of note for Wednesday, April 16. President Bush is greeting Pope Benedict XVI on the White House lawn this morning and this...

Sen. John McCain delivers an economic speech during a campaign event at Carnegie Mellon University, Tuesday, April 15, 2008, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) by Frank James One of the...