BY DAVID PERRYMAN Abraham Lincoln was only 25 years old when he was elected on the Whig ticket to the Illinois Legislature in 1834. According...

BY SUSAN ESTRICH It must be very difficult to be a college graduate these days. I read through the clips of the various famous speakers, and many are quite wonderful, humble and inspirational, such as Madeleine Albright at Tufts, or downright hysterical, which you’d expect from Stephen Colbert. If there’s a common theme, or a […]

BY JOHN THOMPSON Oklahoma's underfunded schools had plenty of problems before funding was cut 23%, the most of any state. This year we'll face more...

BY DAVID SIROTA In the public eye, the disaster on the rails last week in Philadelphia was not only tragic but also shocking. As a crowded Amtrak train approached a bend in the track, it was barreling along at more than 100 miles an hour – twice the mandated speed for that section. The resulting […]

First of Two Parts BY VERN TURNER It may seem like a stretch, but today's Democratic Party agenda and platform looks very much like that of...