Digesting The News The Tribune and all other newspapers are working their way through these difficult economic times by cutting staff, sections and pages. ...more

December 4, 2008

This may be a trifle early, but rather than wind up mouthing platitudes for gratitudes when the family convenes for its traditional turkey feast next week, I'm leaning toward a little proactivity. ...more

November 21, 2008

According to Frances Earl's column, now that Barack Obama has been elected president, all will be right with the world. The terrorists will stop attacking us. The world will love us. Jobs will come flooding back to the United States. Everyone will be able to buy a house, and everyone's child will be able to go to college. ...more

November 8, 2008

A wave of change swept the nation Tuesday, empowering president-elect Barack Obama to point America in a different direction at home and abroad. ...more

November 5, 2008

Sarah Palin showed up with folksiness and grit. Joe Biden brought emotion and substance. ...more

October 5, 2008

This letter is in response to Frances Earl's column that appeared Thursday in which she once again attacks Sen. John McCain. Let us take into consideration that some of things she wrote were true, at least one can say about McCain is that he served his country and has never associated with racists like the Rev. Wright and radicals like William Ayres as Sen. Barack Obama has done. ...more

August 29, 2008

We are living in a parallel universe. The media outlets are convinced that you cannot get enough of Barack Obama, who is here to restore the throne of Camelot, and his stodgier, less charismatic opponent John McCain. ...more

July 6, 2008

Chutzpah is such a wonderful thing, especially if you are a politician, when your plate overflows with the stuff. ...more

May 21, 2008

Republican candidates are always depicted by Democrats and the media as racists, sexists, homophobes and bigots. They must have forgotten their talking papers, because Sen. Hillary Clinton and her staff are attacking Sen. Barack Obama, and Sen. Obama is responding. Both parties have agreed to a cease-fire, but we will see how long it lasts. ...more

January 17, 2008

Republican candidates are always depicted by Democrats and the media as racists, sexists, homophobes and bigots. ...more

January 17, 2008