President Barack Obama’s announcement this week that he will delay the withdrawal of some 4,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan is an acceptable course correction. Keeping ...
WASHINGTON — With Ted Cruz announcing and Rand Paul and Marco Rubio soon to follow, it’s time to start handicapping the horses and making enemies.
No point in wasting ti...
NEW YORK — Yemen’s descent into chaos — with jihadi groups jumping in to fill the vacuum of authority — has startled many observers.
Just months ago, the White House wa...
The only time during President Barack Obama’s January 20 State of the Union Address that most Democrats sat still while most Republicans stood to applaud was when the pr...
Dorothea Epps is no stranger to the Butler School District. What’s strange is how the Butler School Board is investigating a complaint against the longtime coach.
The bo...
So it turns out you really do deserve a break today at McDonald’s. Or at least a day two years from now. The fast-food chain with more than 14,000 restaurants in the Uni...
In his first year as a senator, he cast one of three votes against longtime Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state, then incited like-thinking conservative Republicans in...
As a 7-year-old pianist, I experienced the joy of learning Beethoven’s “Für Elise.” My eyes deciphered the notes on the page, my ears guided me to depress the right keys...
My birthday celebration last weekend was the most expensive of my 53 years, but not because of celebratory extravagance. My car was eaten by the Godzilla of potholes, an...
House Republicans have no qualms about leaving millions of low-income Americans without health coverage, as evidenced by their repeated votes to repeal Obamacare. But th...
