Joe Lieberman

Too many people who should not have guns do

2012-12-23 04:00:00

On the day after the recent massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., police in Newport Beach, Calif., took a man into custody for allegedly firing more than 50 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot of a shopping mall. He aimed...

Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]

2013-02-12 18:28:00

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens:� Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...

Goodbye, Joe Lieberman

2012-12-15 00:00:00

After 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the first and only Jewish politician nominated to a national major party ticket, in 2000, had some advice to his colleagues in a farewell speech Wednesday on the Senate floor. To break the...

Mildred Otenasek, 98, professor, mentor

2012-11-25 17:18:00

Mildred Otenasek, a pioneering force for women in Maryland Democratic politics and a much-loved professor and mentor at her alma mater, Notre Dame of Maryland University, died Nov. 19 at her home in Roland Park. She was 98. A diminutive, soft-spoken...

Senators seek more Sandy relief

2012-11-13 13:58:34

Independent puts money behind Senate run

2012-09-22 14:18:23

Arguing that the two-party system is corrupt, a Montgomery County businessman is pouring his own money into an independent bid for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. Rob Sobhani, 52, who announced his candidacy this month, is the first candidate to buy...

Time for school choice in Chicago

2012-09-15 00:00:00

"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." -- Calvin Coolidge, responding to the 1919 Boston police strike This oft-quoted line from the then-governor of Massachusetts might be updated to include "the public...

Romney VP pick: What's needed in a No. 2

2012-07-16 03:00:00

There is one necessary condition for the selection of a vice president, and that is whether the individual has the experience and capacity to become president of the United States on Day One. Nine vice presidents have succeeded to the presidency upon...

First look at HBO's 'Game Change' - A film so political in so many good ways

2012-02-15 17:57:00

I just walked out of a dark room after spending two hours with the screener for "Game Change," the HBO film about the 2008 Republican presidential campaign of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Based on a best-selling, non-fiction book about the historic race,...

Three keys to saving the U.S. Postal Service

2012-03-13 10:23:00

The only way to reach Supai, Ariz. (population 208), is to hike or helicopter eight miles to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. TheU.S. Postal Servicedelivers mail and supplies there three days a week — by mule. Although the country's steepest...

Pennsyltucky cuisine

2010-04-09 16:22:16

In this week's Free Market Friday post, Robert of Cross Keys finds out there's more than Utz potato chips and Snyder pretzels north of the Mason-Dixon line. LVSometimes I am wrong. Yes, it is true. A few years ago, I......

'Jewish Jordan' still keeping the faith

2007-04-08 00:00:00

Tamir Goodman recites his evening prayers, secures his yarmulke on his head with two hairclips and a ball of tape and jogs onto the court for pre-game drills. Tzitzit dangle from the corners of the spidery guard's blue and yellow No. 12 jersey as he grabs...

Statehood for the District of Columbia is a long way off, but retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) has introduced legislation to move the issue forward on Capitol Hill.

2012-12-19 00:00:00

Former US president Bill Clinton (R) waves with Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (L), D-CT, during a Lieberman campaign rally at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut. Lieberman was in a highly contested fight for the Democratic nomination against Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont.

2012-12-18 00:00:00

"The Kiss" button, depicting a kiss exchanged between Joe Lieberman and President George W. Bush, is displayed at the top of the dumpjoe.com web page. Courtesy dumpjoe.com.

2012-12-18 00:00:00