WASHINGTON – Despite a numerical advantage among voters in the state, Democrats in the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico have been unable to topple incumbent Rep. Heather Wilson (search), an Oxford scholar and former Air Force officer who sits on the Armed Services Committee. Political analysts say this year, …

July 4 is, or ought to be, more than another holiday in which we indulge ourselves with food, drink and in this case, fireworks. It is, more than any other day, a celebration of the principles that founded and have sustained America for 228 years. The idea of principles and …

As far as this summer goes, I think Bob Costas and Katie Couric beat out even Michael Moore (search) for their Grrr! factor. And that’s saying a lot. The NBC Olympics co-hosts did not make good on their promise to talk less and let the pictures tell the stories during …

Among the record setting number of e-mails I received onMonday’s Common Sense, came this note from Brian Escapo: “It’s easy for you to sit high and mighty, likely having never known a single day of suffering yourself, yet advising your viewers to suffer. Walk a mile in my shoes, Cavuto, …

This holiday shopping season, parents aren’t scratching each other’s eyes out “Tickle Me Elmo”-style for that one must-have, gotta-get-it toy. Instead, a mish-mash of kiddie gifts is on wish lists this year, from retro items like “Cabbage Patch Kids” and “My Little Pony” to new versions of old favorites like …

I bet that some time in your life, you’ve done a favor for somebody and suffered because of it. Well, that’s what’s happening to the USA right now. We did a favor for the world by removing a brutal dictator and giving millions of people a chance for freedom inIraq …

Pierce ‘Poppy’ Brosnan |Rain Forest |Weekend Notes Pierce Brosnan: My Name Is ‘Poppy’, Not Bond I guess we can’t call Pierce Brosnan James Bond anymore. Or not until the folks who make the “007” spy series, the Broccoli family, decide their next move. Brosnan’s contract with them is over after …

And now the most captivating two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Pull the Trigger But Don’t Shoot? A Democratic organization in Florida appears to want Defense SecretaryDonald Rumsfeld (search)shot, saying — “Rumsfeld [has] said of Iraq, ‘We have our good days and our bad days.’ We …

Now they’re threateningMel Gibson (search). Never mind“The Passion of the Christ” (search)will likely prove a hit, Mel taking a hit from Hollywood types. One tells the New York Daily News he’s all but a marked man. Directors will avoid him. And one goes so far as to say audiences will …

Dear Viewers, Tuesday night we traveled to the Old Post Office Pavilion so that we could bring you as close as possible to the news story of the day: thatSenator Kerry (search)has clinched the nomination for the Democratic Party (technically he has not yet done so but that is to …