December 30, 2018, 6:01am Columns
Aside from changing the political lay of the land, which we can’t really do much about right now, this new year being what they call an “off” political year, here are a few changes that we could all applaud if they should occur in 2019. Read story
December 29, 2018, 6:01am Columns
Calls to the White House switchboard are greeted by the following message: Read story
December 28, 2018, 6:01am Columns
The chaos all around us is what happens when the nation elects an incompetent, narcissistic, impulsive and amoral man as president. Read story
December 27, 2018, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump’s sudden, unilateral decision to withdraw troops from Syria, forcing the resignation of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis — one of the last bulwarks against the president’s impulsivity — has cast a pall on the holidays and, perhaps, the future. Read story
December 26, 2018, 6:01am Columns
The state’s new DreamAhead savings program for education expenses has nearly a billion dollars in it, most of it a result of transfers from accounts in another state plan, the Guaranteed Education Tuition program. Read story
December 25, 2018, 6:01am Columns
During his time in CIA custody, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his interrogator something prophetic. The United States may enjoy some fleeting battlefield successes, Mohammed declared, but in the end “we will win because Americans don’t realize . . . we do not need to defeat you militarily; we… Read story
December 24, 2018, 6:01am Columns
It’s shocking that in an increasingly secular country, those who complain that Christmas is too commercialized and not Christian enough are almost always the same people who seem to lack a shred of humanity for people who are suffering. Read story
December 23, 2018, 6:01am Columns
A federal judge in Texas just threw out the Affordable Care Act root and branch. If the decision were to survive legal challenges, an estimated 17 million Americans could lose their health coverage. Uncounted others would face monstrous premium hikes as protections for preexisting conditions vanish. Read story
December 23, 2018, 6:01am Columns
President Donald Trump raged the other day on Twitter that there will be a government shutdown “for a very long time” if Senate Democrats — and Republicans — do not vote to give him $5 billion for his wall. This comes after the House passed the funding, convincing Trump that… Read story
December 23, 2018, 6:01am Columns
On Monday, the U.S. special representative for Syria engagement publicly pledged that the U.S. commitment to Syria would not waiver. The very next day, President Donald Trump reportedly decided to rapidly withdraw all U.S. troops there. Read story
