In 1976, Gerald Ford won 15 percent of the black vote. That’s the most of any recent Republican presidential candidate. In most elections, blacks give Democrats more tha...
Fairview borough, which has fewer than 200 residents, until recently had seven council members. That was a problem that needed to be fixed.
“We couldn’t get anyone to fi...
Kansas City’s continued failure to name a street in honor Martin Luther King Jr. is an affront to the slain civil right leader’s legacy nearly 51 years after his death.
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So when and how will the shutdown end? A bit of game theory is in order. Game theory doesn’t usually serve up exact predictions, but it can help us see around corners an...
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democrats’ new star in the House of Representatives, suggested that the top marginal tax rate on incomes of more than $10 million shou...
It has been a good week for student safety in the South Butler School District. Last week, we agreed with the district’s assessment that all of its schools needed metal ...
If Donald Trump really wants to remake Washington, he might want to consider an outlandish idea that would upend the traditions surrounding the State of the Union Addres...
On global climate change, I’ve changed my mind — just slightly.
I’ve written about this issue for more than two decades, and my theme has been monotonously consistent. A...
In April 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a prison cell in Birmingham, Alabama, jailed for his part in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. King’s moment of...
As we watch Britain going through the paroxysms relating to Brexit, it is easy to view its decision to leave the European Union as an act of foolishness, a self-inflicte...
