Call me stupid, but the economy is not the issue at the forefront of my concerns right now.
I understand that people are hurting and that we are caught up in the candida...
My family and I arrived in Butler in December 1949 after spending five years in a displaced-persons camp in Germany.
I was an 11-year-old boy with vivid memories of war-...
I've long considered myself a bad Republican. During the Bush administration, for example, I've felt free to whack George W. and Republicans in Congress for passing big-...
After three months of negative ads, you might think that both John McCain and Barack Obama were monsters bent on destroying America.
That's probably not true. Certainly,...
Scorned by "The Daily Show." Dissed by cartoonist David Horsey and writer David Sedaris. Marginalized as a dwindling electoral subspecies. Dismissed even by the candidat...
In endorsing Barack Obama, Colin Powell said he was disappointed and troubled by John McCain's "narrow" campaign approach and the promise of a further "rightward shift" ...
Approximately 47 million Americans lack health coverage. It's a huge problem.
To their credit, both major presidential candidates have ponied up ambitious plans to deal ...
WASHINGTON — Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talkin...
At this juncture, I wouldn't want to bet even a subprime mortgage on this presidential election. As perhaps never before, multiple hidden factors could alter the outcome...
As Barack Obama and John McCain make one multibillion-dollar campaign promise after another, they doubtlessly realize that they can't come close to fulfilling their pled...
