WASHINGTON — Two years from today, Iowa — dark, brooding, enigmatic Iowa — will be enjoying its quadrennial moment as the epicenter of the universe. And in 10 months, vo...
WASHINGTON — First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act of 2014.
Make it one line long: “Sections 1341 and 1342 of th...
Iran is churning out nuclear fuel and may be on the brink of nuclear weapons capability. North Korea has already busted into the nuclear club, testing two bombs. The U.S...
In the final weeks of December, advertisers distributed colorful circulars through newspapers or catalogs in the mail promoting holiday shopping specials. Every day, pri...
If some of your neighbors don’t seem too happy about the new year, it could be because Congress decided to go home and party without extending unemployment benefits.
Aft...
The coming year will be a season of change for government in Butler County.
The most immediate changes — and maybe the most dramatic — will be in Butler’s city governmen...
In terms of workplace acrimony, Butler County government stands exactly where it stood 364 days ago, based on the lines of the Butler Eagle’s first editorial of 2013.
Th...
Federal regulators last week approved a two-year temporary price increase for first-class stamps.
The charge will go to 49 cents per stamp on Jan. 26 to help the Postal...
To err is human. To err twice a week, you have to be a columnist.
In 2012, I cemented my reputation as a pundit by making some notable blunders — predicting, for example...
Can there be creative compromise when it comes to Pullman Park becoming Kelly Automotive Park? Is there a way — and interest in — saving the ballpark without burying the...