BY RALPH NADER The Republican Party has a sense of humor, however inadvertently. Its ardent advocates regularly accuse the Obama Administration of heavy-handed regulation of...

BY SHARON MARTIN A well-funded education system is good for the state’s economy. The results aren’t immediate; it takes time to educate, but if one...

BY KAREN WEBB There is only one thing to say about last week's exchange between Mitt Romney and Jay Leno: “What incredibly plu-perfectly cruel and...

BY SHARON MARTIN For years I’ve been watching consumers get nipped by food manufacturers. First, a pound of coffee became 13 ounces. Manufacturers knew it was...

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER It’s often said, “The law says I can ...” The law seldom says, “Thou shall …” The point being – just...