Real-world rules don't apply in D.C. By David Broder WASHINGTON - There is a great divide in American politics.

WASHINGTON There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up.

Skipping through the Candy Land of the health care bill, one is tempted to hum a few bars of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." What a deal.

Of all the pictures I saw from the Iraqi elections last weekend, my favorite was on nytimes.com : an Iraqi expatriate mother, voting in Michigan, holding up her son to let him stuff her ballot into the box.

Israel could not have asked for a better beginning to Biden's visit this week. Now it must rebuild Washington's trust.

When nonproductive government spending and unfunded government mandates are half the national product, and another quarter come from paper-shuffling financial institutions or service industries where the product is rapidly and totally depreciated, such as news and entertainment media, recreation, travel, lodging, food service, communication, etc., ...