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...
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...
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...
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...
The walls supposedly are always closing in on Donald Trump. The end is always beginning.
He’s going to quit. He’s going to be impeached and removed. He’s going to decide...
This has been a tough week in the Butler Area School District and our community. This community has seen its fair share of tragedy and adversity from loss of life, fire,...
We are in the midst of a worldwide credit boom that may be without precedent. The debt explosion suggests that the global economy — all the national economies combined —...
