BY JIM HIGHTOWER This special season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving – giving of ourselves. Yes, we are a country of rugged individualists, yet there’s also a deep, community-minded streak in each of us. […]

BY NATHANIEL BATCHELDER Dear President Obama: REMEMBER ME?? I worked hard to help you get elected. You were to be the peoples’ servant … not international bankers’. You were...

BY FROMA HARROP Many have bemoaned the near-extinction of the political species known as the moderate Republican. Once thriving in cold habitats, particularly New England, socially liberal but fiscally conservative Republicans were gradually displaced by Democrats. The loss of these bridge-builders has left the Republican Party largely in the hands of the bridge-burners, and to […]

BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD Perhaps a better title for this would be: “The Oral Roberts I barely knew.” Certainly, I was not a close friend,...

BY SUSAN ESTRICH It’s not exactly surprising to read major news organizations confirming that Elin Nordegren, the No. 1 search name on Google of late, is planning to divorce Tiger Woods. Based on what we know [And who knows what we don’t know?], any sane person would have to conclude that marriage to this guy […]