Snow is once again in the forecast for this week. No matter the accumulation, the white fluffy stuff will not dampen one of the brightest weeks of the year. Sunshine Week begins today. It may only last seven calendar days, but for citizens who rely on a transparent government to operate openly ...
Veterans of military service ought to be asking an old cliche question about Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin: What did he know, and when did he know it? A new inspector general report makes official what many Americans knew, that “failed leadership” at the VA during ...
The idiom “in like a lion, out like a lamb” is ringing at least partially true thus far in March, with Winter Storm Quinn packing a hefty punch. It has brought up to 3 feet of heavy, wet snow and wind gusts of more than 50 mph, causing more than 1 million power outages. More than 30 inches ...
As much as we might hope and pray an easy answer could be found to preventing mass killings in our schools, it will not happen. Tackling the threat will require real, thoughtful effort. Legislation introduced recently by a bipartisan coalition of 25 U.S. senators led by Sens. Orrin Hatch, ...
The movement to remove statues honoring flawed Americans – those who fought on the wrong side during the Civil War, for example – has gained strength. That should make it especially jarring that the city of Washington, D.C., has just erected an 8-foot bronze statue of Marion Barry, right ...
Contrary to what you have heard from the liberal tax-and-spend crowd, federal tax reform championed by President Donald Trump is not a big break for the rich. In fact, while tens of millions of Americans are beginning to see substantial tax cuts in their paychecks, many of the wealthy will pay ...
