Despite the drubbing Trump took during the debate, he still holds a commanding 20 percent lead (55 to 35 percent) over Harris on the economy, according to the CNN post-debate poll. Democrats should …

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and has written eloquently on human rights for many years. But recently Kristof said Democrats shouldn’t demean …

The Colorado Trail, an iconic 567-mile high-elevation trail that crosses the Rockies, owes its existence largely to Gudy Gaskill, a charismatic, 6-foot-tall woman who could make tough things seem …

A knot formed in Sam Phillips’ stomach a few months ago when he learned that corroded titanium—sold with faked documents—somehow made it into doors and other components on civilian …

Well, here we are—Crunch Time! It’s become a drag to think about/listen to/research/opine on the distance between Rs and Ds, and how massive the differences have become. If I have to read the …

To no one’s surprise, in mid-September the Republican North Carolina Supreme Court intervened to help Donald Trump in the 2024 election by making sure, despite the ruling of the State Board of …

If this presidential campaign was the movie “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” Kamala Harris would be the Mexican bandit leader informing Humphrey Bogart’s character how things would be. “I’m …

The brilliant British TV series “We Are Lady Parts” makes me think of a line from the satiric political comic strip “Pogo” – “We have met the enemy and he is us.” The incisively …

The first televised U.S. presidential debate came way back in 1960. Few of us who happened to watch that debate remember much about it. But a look back at the transcript of that debate — a session …

I spent a week in Springfield, Ohio way back in 1992, when it was reputed to be a swing-voting city in a swing state. I wrote that “it was built by the calloused hands of the working man – a …

How can one explain members of oppressed minority groups who make a profession out of publicly, as George Orwell quipped, “defending the indefensible,” supporting Republicans and Donald Trump, …

Baraboo, Wisconsin, is known as the former home of the Ringling Bros. Circus’ headquarters. But even that extravaganza of acrobats and clowns could not surpass the dazzling tent show playing …