Jennifer Harper

Inside the Beltway

Almost 100 "individuals" have filed a "Statement of Candidacy" with the Federal Election Commission as 2012 presidential hopefuls.

March 24, 2011

Silver screen conservatives -- those rare pro-America stalwarts standing fast in glittering Hollywood -- have taken notice of Rep. Allen West, the Florida Republican who recently rocked CPAC 2011 with his rousing, reasoned patriotism and straightforward demeanor.

March 23, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Wednesday actually marks the exact one-year anniversary of the moment when President Obama signed health care reform into law, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden's indelicate assessment that the occasion was a "big f-ing deal."

March 22, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Hurray. "All Together Now — A Celebration of Service" honored former President George H.W. Bush and his "thousand points of light" sense of volunteerism Monday night at the Kennedy Center.

March 21, 2011

Times revamps design, expands coverage

The Washington Times introduces an expanded edition Monday that restores coverage in sports, local news and the arts in a new design that showcases the newspaper's signature content, photography and commentary.

March 20, 2011

Inside the Beltway

It is a dance challenge for liberal, peace lovin' Democrats when President Obama abandons the old "hope and change" Terpsichore and hearkens to the heavy thud of global politics. Like Libya, for instance.

March 20, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Pollsters and pundits who declare Sarah Palin a political has-been and Republican irritant should curb their appetites.

March 17, 2011

Inside the Beltway

"The Obama administration has made it clear that it intends to pursue unconstitutional legislation like Obamacare, job-killing policies, new regulations and increase federal spending at a level that paralyzes our nation's economic health," says former U.S. Senate hopeful Sharron Angle.

March 16, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Only the economy eclipsed the midterm elections as a news story last year, according to the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism's massive "State of the Media Report 2011" (www.stateofthemedia.org).

March 15, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Americans consider their politicians to be behavioral role models.

March 14, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Wait, wasn't that...?

March 13, 2011

Inside the Beltway

Ah, the few, the proud. That would be the 65 Gridiron Club members who have finally drawn President Obama to their annual dinner Saturday night at the Renaissance Washington Hotel.

March 10, 2011

Inside the Beltway

They claim it's all part of the plan. But still. The Nixon Center, an institution founded by President Richard Nixon within his own presidential library just three months before he died in 1994, has dropped "Nixon" to become the more generic "Center for the National Interest."

March 9, 2011

NPR chief quits post; foes not placated

Republicans said Wednesday that the resignation of NPR's top executive in the wake of an undercover video sting will not blunt their determination to cut off all taxpayer funds for public broadcasting.

March 9, 2011

National Public Radio exec caught vilifying tea party

National Public Radio found itself swept up in a perfect storm of criticism and static Tuesday after an undercover videotape captured a top executive condemning tea party supporters as "seriously racist" and suggesting the nonprofit network would be better off without its federal taxpayer subsidies.

March 8, 2011