Today's students don't know what liberty costs. They don't know how history got us to where we are today, and why its bloody path was worth it.

How is snow in Washington like government in Washington? Washingtonians have a history of not challenging the status quo.

Jewish historians are dismissing an apology by Henry Kissinger offered over the weekend in response to a 1973 recording of him saying that sending Jews to a Soviet gas chamber "is not an American concern."

Investors beware: Though the Federal Reserve has agreed to make $600 billion more available for borrowing, that doesn't mean you can expect to see the money flooding the market any time soon. That's the warning from some financial experts who say the Fed's pledge to buy billions in Treasury bonds is unlikely to help improve inflation or interest rates

About 4,500 registered sex offenders, including 30 federal employees, received U.S. passports in fiscal year 2008, a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday reveals, highlighting limits to the State Department's authority to deny passports to convicted criminals.

Statement  by President Obama:  "I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of Vaclav Havel, a playwright and prisoner of conscience who became president of Czechoslovakia and of the Czech Republic.

New Hampshire Right to Life is suing the Obama administration for access to records about a decision to fund Planned Parenthood in violation of state rules, a move that comes amid efforts by some state officials to get rid of virtually all federal funding to The Granite State.

The Obama administration is touting 154,000 new private sector jobs in July, a number that provided some solace to official Washington. But Friday's Labor Department report gave analysts few positive indicators that the economy is on the rebound.

House Speaker John Boehner on Friday straddled the hurdle he needed to get his debt-reduction proposal passed, sweetening the pot for Tea Party Republicans with the pledge of a vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment.

Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer is running for president, but the challenge of getting Republican primary voters to recognize his name is harder for him than most since he can't campaign in Iowa.