WASHINGTON — One attribute of democracy is that losers accept defeat without resorting to the force of arms or destroying the government with which they disagree. Indeed...
Republicans in Congress are being painted as heartless in their effort to slash funding for food stamps, while at the same time supporting questionable corporate welfare...
What an ending to the Scooter Store.
At one time, the Scooter Store was the largest private employer in New Braunfels, north of San Antonio. It had more than 2,400 emplo...
Debbi Ruth describes herself as “a tough old bird.” She proved how tough she can be last week when she chased an accused armed robber out of her store and down Butler’s ...
“It’s total atrophy. We’re earning our 11 percent popularity (rating). It’s easier to talk about Obamacare than the major sources of our problems.”
— U.S. Sen. Johnny Is...
Iran stands at the cusp of a new era in its relations with the West as newly installed President Hasan Rowhani heads to New York to address the U.N. General Assembly. Ro...
It’s unlikely Pope Francis has ever heard of state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, but when the pontiff sat for his first interview, which was published last week, several of his s...
Five years ago this month, Wall Street’s banks were staggering and the global financial system strained under the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Sinc...
I used to be afraid of the Common Core, a national effort to align public school curriculum goals across state lines and provide better tools for measuring what students...
In releasing an opinion by a secret court approving the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records, the director of national intelligence may have thought he would ...
