HARTFORD, Conn. (Tribune News Service) — Select Americans have become richer since Donald Trump took office, but America has been impoverished. Read More ⇒

It’s egregious excess time. Read More ⇒

News reports the past few weeks have announced baseball spring training begins this Saturday, with opening day just a month away on March 26. Read More ⇒

CHICAGO — As America heads full bore into one of the most significant (and possibly contentious) elections in several years, many Americans are worried about the lack of civility in the current political discourse. Although the current state of civility in U.S. politics leaves much to be des… Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump mocked a disabled reporter, belittled a Gold Star family and insulted deceased Sen. John McCain for having been a prisoner of war, many Americans were understandably appalled and shocked. President Trump has publicly vilified individuals and groups of people in… Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Inquiring minds want to know: Is Michael “Mike” Bloomberg for real? Could he be elected president in November? Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s longest-standing political promises has been to rebuilding U.S. military strength. The White House boasts of “historic strides” in this effort, and Trump’s Tweet celebrating the passage of this year’s defense appropriations bill boasted of “new planes, s… Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — Pentagon spending is, literally, out of control — and it is making America weaker, not stronger. It’s time — past time — for a fundamental reorientation of the federal government’s spending, with Pentagon spending slimmed and the resultant savings reallocated to address domestic… Read More ⇒

Our calendars list Friday (Feb. 14) as Valentine’s Day. Read More ⇒

HARTFORD, Conn. (Tribune News Service) — Before reading about all of the world’s messes, I need to be in a good place, soothed and comforted. Prepared. Read More ⇒

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, the junior senator from Utah, was the only Republican in the Senate to vote to convict President Donald Trump last week during the impeachment trial. Here is the text of the speech he made on his reason for why he voted as he did: Read More ⇒

With the Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump, the impeachment saga will end. What next? Read More ⇒

It’s hard to believe that the overwhelming majority of Americans — whether or not they were ever partisan — haven’t formed an opinion by now about the state of our national politics. After all, we’ve all been forced to endure years of various accusations and investigations that recently culm… Read More ⇒

FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — I didn’t watch the Super Bowl this year. There are several reasons for that, but the two big ones are the commercials and the halftime show. Read More ⇒

Joe Biden is against Medicare for All, and maybe that’s enough reason to vote for him. But understand, too, that he wants to both eliminate and raise the capital gains tax, that he leaves sentences dangling without an end and that his disregard for political correctness borders on an impeach… Read More ⇒

We are fortunate in the north country to enjoy and celebrate four seasons. Read More ⇒

EVANS MILLS — Since the very tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other passengers, many people throughout our nation and, in particular, the people of Los Angeles have been in a state of sadness and mourning. There have been very moving and emotional tributes given to … Read More ⇒

Several years ago, a woman I had been treating for an anxiety disorder disclosed to me that her supervisor had raped her 10 years earlier. When I asked why she was only now speaking of the rape, she said she always knew she had been raped but the details had been hazy. She had a tough time p… Read More ⇒

“Kobe is dead.” Read More ⇒

The White House is seriously thinking about pushing for new tax cuts to bring added relief to middle class families. This strategy stands in stark contrast to the approach taken by the Democratic presidential candidates, all of whom have, at one time or another, proposed hiking taxes on inco… Read More ⇒

This year, the U.S. government will undertake its largest peace-time operation: the decennial census. Read More ⇒

This year the Census Bureau will begin conducting the constitutionally required census, which takes place every 10 years. Many readers will dutifully fill out the forms, informing the bureau about their household and providing researchers with data. In May, the bureau will begin visiting tho… Read More ⇒

The overwhelming majority of Americans support voter ID requirements because they instill confidence in our elections. Showing an ID when you help pick the next president is just plain common sense. Read More ⇒

It’s another election year, which means that voter ID laws are back in the news. Read More ⇒

It’s kind of interesting that the central goal of Democrats in the wild-and-wooly Capitol impeachment hearings is to use their misapplied, blistering power to ruin the re-election chances of Republican President Donald Trump. Their central case against Trump is that this is the kind of thing… Read More ⇒

COLDEN — State-run parole and probation programs are designed to keep persons convicted of crimes — including a very large number of non-violent crimes — out of prison. Read More ⇒

Last Thursday, we were in Walmart. As we proceeded through the store with my list in hand, there were a number of friends with whom we visited. What a joy it always is to meet friends in unexpected places and have the opportunity to exchange greetings. Read More ⇒

Here are three things that happened on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Read More ⇒

Dear Mr. So-Called President: Read More ⇒

DALLAS (Tribune News Service) — As the Iowa caucuses campaign enters its final two weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders’s combative nature is coming to the fore. It could pose a problem for him when Iowans vote. Read More ⇒

It could almost have been “Saturday Night Live,” satire intended for giggles instead of what was hypocritically intended. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a speech about impeaching President Trump and cited a Longfellow poem, saying, “Listen my children and you will hear/Of the midnight ride … Read More ⇒

HARTFORD, Conn. (Tribune News Service) — As I stood at the stove [Jan. 12] cooking sausage, I realized I was: 1) wearing an old robe 2) with an apron over it and 3) had on a sweater over the whole thing. Read More ⇒

FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — What was on Gov. Greg Abbott’s mind when he decided that Texas would opt out of resettling international refugees in 2020? Read More ⇒

EVANS MILLS — One of our country’s national holidays took place Monday when Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed. Read More ⇒

The sign on the door as I entered KeyBank last week told me it would be closed on Jan. 20 because it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a designated federal holiday. Read More ⇒

PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — This is a moment, in the wake of the Soleimani killing and the mild Iranian response, when everyone needs to take a deep breath. Read More ⇒

Democrats just won’t give up on the cause of Iran getting nuclear weapons. Read More ⇒

FORT WORTH, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Fort Worth faithful may feel a little more wary entering houses of worship, with events at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement lingering in the rear-view. Read More ⇒

STAR LAKE — Republicans have insisted that the only reason Democrats have impeached President Donald Trump is our collective anger that he won the election in the first place. Read More ⇒

This past week, I have heard many individuals describe their “collections.” Read More ⇒

HARTFORD, Conn. (Tribune News Service) — On the evening of Jan. 16, 1991, I sat between my fiancé, Michael, and my father on a coral-silk brocade couch in Palm Beach as we watched television in my aging uncle’s claustrophobically small and poorly air-conditioned living room. We were in Flori… Read More ⇒

DES MOINES (Tribune News Service) — We opened 2019 with the federal government in shutdown over funding for a wall with Mexico. Read More ⇒

So what in the world just happened here? Read More ⇒

“We took a bad guy off the battlefield. We made the right decision.” That is the sophomoric justification that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo provided for President Donald Trump’s risky gambit of killing Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force. Read More ⇒

The memo may be the most interesting help-wanted ad ever posted, and not just because its author, Dominic Cummings, is British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief aide. True, Johnson’s Conservative Party last month won an enormous parliamentary majority. It is also true that his party is id… Read More ⇒

PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — Two weeks from now, thousands of Pro Life teenagers will converge on the nation’s capital to rally in support of the unborn at the 47th annual March for Life. Read More ⇒