June 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
With the deadline quickly approaching for him to qualify for the June CNN presidential debate, RFK Jr. has yet to meet the sensible qualifications that CNN has set for participants. Which is as it should be. He doesn’t belong on the stage. His candidacy is at best a distraction and… Read story
June 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Just three short years after the dawn of an era in which college athletes can profit off their name, image and likeness, a newer era is about to dawn courtesy of a legal settlement. Some 14,000 student-athletes who played and learned from 2016 to now will divvy up $2.8 billion… Read story
June 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Kudos to John Oliver and HBO’s”Last Week Tonight” for their coverage of the opioid crisis and the resultant settlement. Many states are struggling to use the settlement funds effectively, and some are already repeating the waste, fraud and abuse involving Big Tobacco settlement funds ($206 billion) in the 1990s. But… Read story
June 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
News flash: Republicans haven’t said it in so many words, but they seem to have a new line of attack against President Joe Biden: He suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Biden has multiple personalities. Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Congress blew its chance Monday to give Americans some insight into the COVID pandemic that dominated our lives for years. Following a 15-month inquiry, Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic called Anthony Fauci to testify in public at a special hearing, but committee members spent most… Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
‘It’s the economy, stupid.” So declared Bill Clinton’s insurgent 1992 campaign, summing up the issue that would, more than any other, fuel his victory over President George H.W. Bush. Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
If Washington Republicans knew what was good for them, they would now move to drop Donald Trump from the state’s fall ballot. Read story
June 8, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There are a multitude of issues that voters must assess when deciding between President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and the independent presidential candidates before casting their ballots in the fall. Logically, the importance of each issue differs between and among America’s 161.4 million registered voters. Read story
June 7, 2024, 6:01am Columns
To borrow from the song written by Sonny Curtis of The Crickets, “I Fought the Law,” former President Donald Trump fought the law and the law won. Read story
June 5, 2024, 6:02am Columns
Washington’s gubernatorial primary started with a bang last month and shows little sign of quieting down. Read story
