BY RICHARD L. FRICKER Most everyone in the contiguous 48 states, the provinces and territories of Canada have been gob smacked with true winter in...

BY SUSAN ESTRICH How do you run against a woman candidate? It’s a question I’ve been asked since 1984, when I worked for Geraldine Ferraro. In those days, it wasn’t uncommon to see men who were running against women making subtle [and not so subtle] appeals to toughness, using national security and crime issues as […]

BY FROMA HARROP Drawing moral lines in our rough-and-tumble capitalist system can be hard. But it should not tax too many ethical muscles to set aside some protections for trusting, unsophisticated borrowers of modest means. That is, unless you’re a politician working on behalf of predatory lenders. And it’s amazing how many politicians do, making […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER December is a time of many holiday feasts – which makes it a good time to remember family farmers and the tremendous contributions they make to our country, culture, taste buds and tummies. But not all farmers contribute equally, which is why I’m sending out this special holiday sentiment to one group […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH You may remember hearing about the Montana judge who sentenced a former high school teacher who admitted to raping a 14-year-old student to 30 days in prison. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he blamed the victim, who committed suicide before the case could go to trial. In the latest chapter of […]