WASHINGTON — Where do Republicans get that special talent for turning gold to dross? They score an electoral “massacre” (The Economist) in 2014 and, a year later, what d...
Social Security is too critical a matter — and one affecting far too many people — to allow it to be skimmed over, breezed by or paid only lip service. Our 2016 presiden...
This year's presidential debates have succeeded far beyond expectations — for the networks. For the public, not so much.
No one wants to turn one of the fall season's bi...
For the press, the debate about Obamacare is over. There may be a few proverbial Japanese soldiers wandering on isolated islands yammering on about the failure of Obamac...
For years, Republicans have argued that voter fraud is so great a threat to democracy that Americans should be required to present some form of photo ID — say, a driver’...
Congratulations to the Butler County commissioners-elect: Kim Geyer, Leslie Osche and Kevin Boozel.
The three bring a wealth and variety of experiences that will help sh...
Joe Biden has it, and so does Bernie Sanders. Donald Trump and Ben Carson have it too — at least, they seem to. But Hillary Rodham Clinton strains to achieve it. And Jeb...
It was a simple enough question, posed recently in an e-mail by a Butler Eagle reader.
“When we have three vacancies in the Butler County Commissioners office and we hav...
Almost 15 years ago, a Republican president and Democratic congressional leaders forged a landmark education law. The law known as No Child Left Behind set strict requir...
WASHINGTON — Soon after Wednesday Republican debate, the phone rang: “Did the fat lady sing?” asked the voice on the other end.
“Probably,” I said, meaning, it is probab...
