Two seasoned political pros, who have lost a bit of their luster, may make the same big grab for political limelight in Washington.

In the past week, the Washington establishment is in crisis mode over a series of revelations of government intrusions that would seem to go way over
the line of what is constitutionally legal. 

In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas’s character Gordon Gecko summed up the attitude of major U.S. banks quite well: “Greed is good.”

Is there something special about New Orleans? Of course there is.

After years of financial chicanery, federal prosecutors have decided that Wall Street manipulators are both too big to fail and too big to jail.

For most non-Catholics, the retirement and resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is of passing interest. I’m not Catholic, but the Catholic Church has played a significant role in my life for many years. 

Immigration reform is back on the front burner as a major issue in Washington, and the Republicans are taking the lead.

In the current Second Amendment gun debate, both gun control advocates and those citizens who demand the right to bear arms point to the U.S. Constitution as the source of the justification and support for their opposing beliefs. 

Where does the Republican Party go from here? Are major changes in both direction and philosophy necessary?

It was not a surprise to regular readers of this column that a federal judge dismissed Jonathan Vilma's defamation suit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Thursday afternoon. League spokesman Greg Aiello announced the decision by federal Judge Ginger Berrigan via Twitter.