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The cost of a college education has soared far in excess of the cost of health care. This is in spite of, or, more accurately, because of, massive government involvement in subsidizing and running schools. On the one hand, we have President Obama, who wants to double down and have Uncle Sam play a larger role in the classroom.

As Republicans take the stage in Tampa, we have a message for Americans: Elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, and we can get this country working again. America can do better than the last four years, and with the proven leadership of Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan, we can secure a better future for the country and the next generation.

Facebook's stock may be anemic at the moment, but the social media site is growing by leaps and bounds. It is poised to hit 1 billion users. The company told admiring geeks on Wednesday that it processes 2.5 billion pieces of content each day and more than 500 terabytes of data. A terabyte is a billion bytes, or 1 million kilobytes.

Things were going bumpily according to plan for the men in charge of the President Ford Committee at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., in August 1976. With so many moving parts, however, most campaigns are at best "garbage moving in the right direction," as GOP operative Eddie Mahe once quipped. The Ford campaign was no exception.

As usual, the Democrats have nothing worthy of their own to promote, so they are going after Mitt Romney to release more of his tax records. My advice to Mr. Romney is to tell the Democrats to pound sand.

Every day brings more good news for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. As Republicans gather in Tampa, Fla., for their national convention, their standard-bearer is ahead of President Obama in most national polls. The incumbent's approval rating is in the basement and the economy stinks, so it will be a steep uphill climb for the president to win a second term.

Americans following this year's presidential campaign would never know it from mainstream media coverage, but the commander in chief we hired nearly four years ago has set the United States on a course for unilateral disarmament. The following people hope you won't notice until after Nov.

Attorneys for the man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan more than 30 years ago have asked to withdraw from the case, saying John Hinckley and his family can no longer afford to pay them. The six attorneys with the firm Dickstein Shapiro LLC filed a motion to withdraw as Hinckley's counsel on Friday.

A man accused of shooting a security guard at the Washington headquarters of a conservative lobbying group pleaded not guilty Friday to assault and handgun charges. Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Va., faces the possibility of decades in prison if convicted in last week's attack inside the lobby of the Family Research Council. According to court documents, Mr.

If Robert Griffin III leads the Washington Redskins on a drive that ends at the opposing 30-yard-line or so Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts, it won't at all be a lost cause. That might be doing his team a favor. This is the preseason and the Redskins are in the midst of a kicking competition between incumbent Graham Gano and veteran challenger Neil Rackers.

Ten players and coaches were added to the greatest list of Washington Redskins on Friday as part of the team's 80th anniversary celebration. Linebacker LaVar Arrington, general manager Bobby Beathard...

ANNAPOLIS , Maryland's House Republican leaders said Friday they are troubled by the boating accident involving Republican Delegate Don H. Dwyer Jr., who has admitted he had been drinking while operating a motorboat before a collision that hospitalized six people, including the delegate.

Mitt Romney said Thursday he would free up states to explore for gas and oil on federal lands inside their borders as part of a broader energy push that would put North America on track to be energy-independent by 2020, the end of his hypothetical second term in office.

Moscow , With the end of August looming, Russians are counting down the days to what has been, so far, a rare exception to the unwritten rule that the eighth month of the year invariably brings tragedy and upheaval to the largest country on Earth.

A new D.C. Council task force will evaluate hefty fines levied on motorists caught by speed cameras and other forms of automated traffic enforcement, a controversial and expanding system that has some wondering if city leaders care more about revenue than public safety.