When the fairy godmothers arrived at my crib shortly after I was born, they were probably stumped about what gift to bestow. Beauty, intelligence, humor and character ha...
It’s begun. We are having a debate over socialism.
Not over whether it’s fair to call Democrats socialists. Not over whether socialism has been good for Venezuela or so...
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You can set your watch and your calendar to Jim Lokhaiser’s comings and goings.
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We’re searching for a description of the Chinese government’s behavior and can’t decide among bullying, extortion or coercion. The White House went with “Orwellian nonse...
At any given moment, nearly half a million Americans are awaiting trial in jail. Almost two-thirds of these people will remain incarcerated until their trial, including ...
Teachers are underpaid and overworked, and on top of these challenges, they’re expected to temper their feelings and opinions in order to teach children without insertin...
Sometimes the little changes require a little background explanation. Sometimes all they need is a little amplification to get across the point of why a change is desire...
There was once a time when a leitmotif of humor ran through our national politics. But not today. A somber mood envelops the White House and Capitol Hill.
There is certa...
President Donald Trump’s decision to offer America’s farmers a $12 billion bailout makes his disastrous trade policies worse.
Part of the $12 billion in federal money wi...
”The Federal Reserve is meant to be independent of parochial political interests. But it’s got to operate — I think of this as a kind of band, sometimes wide, sometimes ...
