Improbably but relentlessly, Donald Trump is marching toward the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, a tepid second-place finish in Iowa notwithstanding. Last we...
Bob Dole may be 92 years old, but his grasp of the current political climate shows no sign of aging. When we recently spoke by telephone, the former Senate majority lead...
If you ask Donald Trump fans what they like about him, there’s an excellent chance they’ll say, “Because he’s not politically correct.”
But this is true only if you misu...
Few expected Donald Trump would be in a dominant position days before the Iowa caucuses. Fewer still expected the Republican establishment would be among the mogul’s del...
Cable TV customers are fond of complaining about their ever-rising monthly bills, which now average almost $100. Although the main factor has been the growing sums of ca...
WASHINGTON — Just how far have budget deficits drifted off the radar screen of presidential politics? Here's one indicator: Last week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budg...
To understand why the current conservative crackup so confounds and confuses the Republican establishment, you have to recognize that the party is facing two separate re...
United Way of Butler County has long made early learning and school readiness priority issues.
Currently, the United Way of Butler County provides grant funding to assis...
The unlawful armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon could be close to ending. Or not. Such vigilante actions have a way of inspiring copycat protests el...
Here’s some good — and generally overlooked — news about the U.S. economy: among major ethnic and racial groups, African-Americans scored the biggest job advances in 201...