Jim DeMint

Fusion power on the right

2013-03-21 00:00:00

"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, The New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...

Carson tapped to speak at major conservative political conference

2013-02-27 07:49:00

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak at a prominent conservative political rally next month, alongside the likes of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, the American Conservative Union said...

Is anybody sad that Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate?

2012-12-10 11:03:00

In a profession like politics and in a town like the nation's capital, the phenomenon of a U.S. senator voluntarily surrendering his seat for a think-tank job would have been unthinkable some years ago. The decision of Republican Jim DeMint of South...

Female vs. male senators

2013-01-12 00:00:00

As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...

Ending filibuster abuse

2012-12-11 11:18:00

The announcement last week that South Carolina's Jim DeMint is leaving his Senate seat to run the Heritage Foundation caused some in Washington to wishfully think that perhaps the move might usher in a more congenial, if not cooperative, outlook in the U....

Tea party down but not out

2012-12-30 04:00:00

Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated. For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday

2012-12-07 04:44:00

WEATHER: Cloudy, with rain likely in the morning and a high near 49. Tonight is expected to be cloudy, low around 48. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Parents unsatisfied with city school officials' answers...

Fiscal cliff, here we come

2012-12-04 09:32:00

Watch out, folks, this could get bumpy. With the release Monday of a proposal, or something approximating one, from House Republican leaders on a way to avert the "fiscal cliff," we now have the opening positions from both parties, neither of which...

Liberal obsession with race is growing old

2012-12-24 04:00:00

When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...

A house divided: America's political opponents begin to act like enemies

2012-06-07 08:18:00

Sunday morning, I was having breakfast at a funky cafe that prides itself on organic food and the languid preparation thereof. With time to observe the locals passing by, I came to an epiphany about why this green wedge of America feels so unique: Vermont...

Veteran Sen. Cardin defeats two challengers

2012-11-06 19:52:37

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin won a second term Tuesday despite a spirited and well-funded campaign from one opponent and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz from another. A known commodity in Maryland politics for more than 40 years, Cardin, a Democrat,...

Tom Ridge backs Bongino

2012-10-09 10:40:00

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge endorsed Daniel Bongino in his uphill campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of high-profile Republicans who have backed the former Secret Service agent's first run for office. Ridge, who...

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, shown addressing a rally organized by Americans for Progress in November 2010, has announced he is leaving Congress in January to lead the Heritage Foundation.

2012-12-07 17:03:00

In a sign of the shifting centers of power in Washington, Jim DeMint gave up a seat in the U.S. Senate to take over the conservative Heritage Foundation. Of course, it would be hard for him to accomplish less as a former senator than he did as a sitting one.

2012-12-03 00:00:00