BY SUSAN ESTRICH “He’s so cute,” the young woman said to me, explaining her support for Bernie Sanders. Cute? This, about a 74-year-old Jewish socialist from New York, one with floating pie-in-the-sky solutions that serious economists say could have devastating impacts on the U.S. economy if ever enacted [which of course they never would be, […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Elites tend to be … well, elite. As in, “clueless” about what your everyday working stiff is thinking. This is not a problem for most hoity-toities, for they don’t deal with the great unwashed. But cluelessness about the masses can become a major occupational hazard for political elites – including campaign operatives, […]

BY DAVID PERRYMAN The draw of low cost land brought many settlers west to the territories, but the settlement of Oklahoma holds a unique place...

BY FROMA HARROP It seems strange that so few of my fellow TV binge-watchers have submitted to the fascinating Norwegian political thriller, “Occupied.” Friends, this is eight hours of your life you won’t mind not getting back. In the story, an idealistic Norwegian prime minister stops his country’s huge oil production in the name of […]

BY SHARON MARTIN Whether George W. Bush won the 2000 election or not is still debatable, but he took the oath of office. I knew...