BY JIM HIGHTOWER Both the old and new media agree on this: If you need a story that’s guaranteed to be wildly popular – go with animals. “Kute kittens,” for example, are surefire winners, as is the entire p-group: puppies, porpoises, penguins and polar bears. And don’t forget baby chicks, goats and other farm animals […]

BY KAREN WEBB Needed: A Valium the size of a hockey puck. That will possibly bring me down to the level of livid, but probably not....

BY SHARON MARTIN Preventive care covered. More people covered. No one denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. A healthier nation. Cuts the deficit. Seniors no longer fall into the donut...

BY FROMA HARROP The week opened nicely with news that Lawrence Summers had taken his name out of the running for the Federal Reserve chairman job. We won’t be subjected to the notoriously unpleasant Summers denigrating those who would distinguish between Wall Street’s interests and the country’s. Still more gratifying is that Democrats, and not […]

BY DAVID PERRYMAN My father-in-law is a horseman. He has loved and cared for horses all his life. His relationship with horses began of necessity during...