BY JIM HIGHTOWER You didn’t get a virgin when you drew me as one of your political commentators, for I’ve been through the fires of Texas politics, including having been elected state agriculture commissioner. Among other duties, this office made me the regulator of such matters as pesticide use, the accuracy of gas pump gauges […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH We got to the airport two hours early. My daughter made fun of me. Maui is not a likely terrorist target. Then again, the president was about one minute away in Oahu, and so was Rush Limbaugh, so who’s to say for sure? The thing about terrorists is that they strike when […]

BY FROMA HARROP The midterm elections this November have spawned midyear panic, largely by Democrats. With their majorities in the Senate and House, Democrats have the most to lose. And historically, the president’s party sheds congressional seats at this point in the electoral cycle. But c’mon. Of what possible predictive use is a poll taken […]

BY FROSTY TROY Although the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned segregation within many U.S. metropolitan communities and districts, school districts...

BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD A topic like “Irritating TV Commercials” certainly conjures up a lot of images in our heads. We think of those advertisements...