BY AL MCAFFREY We’re down to the last month of session. This week, the House and Senate voted on some major legislation – whether it...

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In most state legislatures today, “off the wall” has become the political center, and bizarre bills are no longer unusual. Still, it seems strange that legislators in so many states – including Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio and Vermont – have simultaneously been pushing “ag-gag” bills that are not merely outrageous, […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Sometimes a picture speaks volumes. Sometimes it’s outright deceptive. The picture of “Bomber No. 2” didn’t look a bit like a mass murderer. A sweet-faced college kid, the former lifeguard, the nice young man described by classmates and friends. It couldn’t be. There must be some outside organization calling the shots. An […]

BY VERN TURNER Too many times columns like this have addressed misplaced priorities in the pantheon of society’s menu of tasks and government’s handling of...

BY FROMA HARROP The uncle of the accused Boston Marathon bombers got the boys right. They were unable to settle into American life, Ruslan Tsarni told reporters from his home in Maryland, “and thereby just hating everyone who did.” He called the two brothers “losers.” I prefer the term “weaklings.” As the story thickens with […]