BY DAVID PERRYMAN Shortly after my wife was born, her father’s check paying the hospital in full was $86.30. The receipt showed that for the...

It took a long time, but every record must eventually get broken, and no one is happier about this one than me: Finally, a presidential campaign has had a worse August than we did in 1988. That year, Michael Dukakis came out of the convention with a lead a mile wide and an inch deep, […]

BY FROMA HARROP The hard left can be an unforgiving crowd, not always mindful of the give-and-take required to get things done. Donald Trump’s fascist-lite ravings are anathema to them, but with moderate Republicans migrating to Hillary Clinton, some on the left worry that a President Clinton might feel less obliged to push a vigorous […]

BY MIKE W. RAY Like Icarus of Greek mythology, former state Rep. Mike Mass flew too high and plummeted to earth with a shattering thud....

BY JIM HIGHTOWER An old saying asserts that falsehoods come in three escalating levels: “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” Now, however, we’ve been given an even-higher level of intentional deception: Policy speeches by Donald Trump. Take his recent highly publicized address outlining specific economic policies he would push to benefit hard-hit working families. It’s an […]