WASHINGTON — Let me admit up front: I am a Paul Volcker fan. As everyone should know, Volcker became chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979 when double-digit inflation ...
If there is anyone at the Pentagon or in Congress who didn’t see sexual assaults in the military as an urgent problem, the past few days should make things crystal clear...
Congress is once again taking up the farm bill — and continuing to treat agriculture like it was 1933, not 2013. The result: billions of taxpayer dollars going to waste....
The civil war in Syria is heading in the wrong direction. In the past year, rebels had won control of big slices of territory, including much of the country’s largest ci...
“This war, like all wars, must end. That’s what history advises ...”
— Barack Obama, May 23
WASHINGTON — Nice thought. But much as Obama would like to close his eyes, cl...
America’s 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not watch. The American people are bei...
The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. In November 2012, an initiative to require the labels in California was on the bal...
WASHINGTON — It’s good to know that the war on terror is finally over. It was all so ugly, what with the beheadings and bombings.
Wait.
Weren’t we just talking about the...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted last week to send the bipartisan immigration bill — more formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration...
The Butler County Commissioners should rethink their recent action limiting input from the public to one comment period, down from two.
To be clear, no serious harm was ...
