December 16, 2024, 5:55am Columns
The name Taylor Swift draws almost everyone’s attention. The modern-day music icon’s concerts are marketing dreams, selling out everywhere they are performed. Though her music is enjoyed by people across multiple demographics, her relationship with Travis Kelce — the two-time Super Bowl-winning tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs —… Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
In a normal presidential transition, the president-elect spends weeks carefully considering candidates for the most important jobs in the Cabinet. Potential nominees undergo rigorous private vetting by trusted aides and lawyers, then by the FBI. It’s a painstaking process that often consumes the entire three months between the election and… Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The holiday shopping season has started fast, especially online, and those automated chatbots are working overtime. Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The key for independents to gain a voice in American politics over and above influencing a race between a Democrat and a Republican is to find a way to be a player in Washington, D.C., without creating a war with either of the two major parties, which are basically at… Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
What is U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson waiting for? Months ago, the Louisiana Republican was handed broadly popular legislation to protect children from the harms of social media. But he vowed this week not to allow a vote in his chamber until Donald Trump is sworn in as president and… Read story
December 14, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Just days after a former Proud Boy from Miami was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to pardon people involved in the attack meant to overturn his 2020 defeat. Read story
December 13, 2024, 6:01am Columns
The $1.8 trillion federal budget deficit in the fiscal year that ended in September was the third biggest ever in dollar terms, trailing only the pandemic deficits of the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years. As a share of gross domestic product, a better gauge for historical comparisons, it was, at… Read story
December 12, 2024, 6:01am Columns
There is no condoning the cold-blooded murder of a UnitedHealth Group executive in predawn Manhattan. Read story
December 11, 2024, 6:01am Columns
“If you sit by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” – Sun Tzu. Read story
December 10, 2024, 6:01am Columns
Exit polling suggests that the dominating issue for voters in the presidential election was the economy. Americans can barely afford groceries, rent and child care. Voters perceived President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans to be more capable of addressing the woes of inflation and globalization, but Democrats have been hawking a… Read story
