President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Tuesday to push their party's bill to federalize U.S. election procedures on terms favorable to Democrats. "We are going right to the belly of the beast, or ground zero, for voter suppression, voter subversion and obstr…

My inner circle has kept me sane since this pandemic began. No matter our views or vaccine status, we’ve been there for one another. I know I’m fortunate, but I don’t know any different.

So here's my question: Let's say you're Attorney General Merrick Garland. Filing a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump should be a fairly straightforward matter, even though conspiracy charges are notoriously hard to prove. After all, much of Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, attem…

You may have seen the video on social media last week. Someone locally used a drone to fly over a wooded area near our “big box” stores. From that bird’s-eye view, multiple campsites were clearly visible. Also visible were piles of trash, some at active campsites and others that looked to be…

This week, Jim Jordan reiterated that he will duck appearing before the Jan. 6 Investigation. Jordan texted the White House to call sides in the Trump-Pence divorce: “On Jan. 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence, as president of the Senate, should call out all the electoral votes that he belie…

Consumers in the U.S. spend an average of 8.6 percent of their disposable personal income on food. That is divided between food at home, 5 percent, and food away from home, 3.6 percent.

A persistent and pernicious infection is tearing through America as the new year dawns. But it's not called delta or omicron. It's not caused by a virus. And it cannot be prevented by wearing a mask or standing 6 feet away from the next customer at the grocery.

This column is another entry in the "credit where it is due" series. This week's subject is Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota.

A funny meme has made its way around social media over the years. It’s of a person looking panicked and asking someone if they had seen a group of people nearby, followed up with the words, “I’m their leader and they’re lost.”

This past year has been a tough one. It had some horrible lows that are easy to dwell on and lead to the belief that the worst of us are at the helm of state – that things are very bad indeed and bound to get worse.

When you’re right and you’re “woke” to the left, you watched as polls closed around the country and votes for Biden continued to come in throughout the night of the 2020 presidential election.

During the pandemic, we have seen job losses that reached 20 million or more. Our economy was shut down and crippled, and I often thought about what the answer would be to address the issues we were facing. Billions of dollars were thrown at the problem and it helped a bit, but there are sti…

Roman Catholics, and members of mainline Christian denominations, know about Advent wreaths, which have now been stowed until the next season. They feature four candles, which are lit on consecutive weekend Mass days, until Christmas itself arrives. And Catholics get to celebrate Christmas a…

For the last year, we've heard one commentator after another tell us that American democracy is in crisis. The source of that crisis, we are told, is a hard core of the Republican Party that believes the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump and that Joe Biden, therefore, is not a legit…

When it comes to prognostication, my favorite philosopher has always been the eminent Lawrence Peter Berra. "It's tough to make predictions," Yogi famously said, "especially about the future."

This week marks the anniversary of an unprecedented attack on democracy in the United States. Jan. 6 of last year is the day a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop certification of the people’s vote for the highest office in the land.

In a world full of eight-track-tape-lovin' baby boomers, thank goodness for grandkids who can handle illiteracy when it comes to all things technical.

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Isn’t it funny how sometimes no matter how hard you work, a project just doesn’t come together easily. Then a bit later, pieces fall into place to create something better than imagined. We had something like that happen with our COVID-19 relief grant.

Sen. Joe Manchin is choosing to vote against a bill that would provide hundreds of billions of dollars to help working families with children. Manchin voted against the extension of the child tax credit, free preschool, and the bolstering of child care aid. Manchin has voted against more tha…

If you grew up watching The Jetsons, the speculation is that George Jetson was born in 2022. There are some analogies to the real 2022. We do have flying cars. Jane’s dreary carpal tunnel from pushing buttons all day has been superseded by our wifi voice-enabled devices, including my favorit…

In 1555, Michel de Nostredame, also known as Nostradamus, published a book titled, “Les Propheties,” a collection of 942 quatrains – four-line poems – that predicted future events. The Frenchman was an astrologer, physical, and reputed seer. He has been credited with predicting the rise of H…

This season, give the gift of food. And health. And hope.

Is America a racist society? That is a loaded question that divides people based on a broad-brush approach to dialogue. It is an ironic question to be posed in the Cherokee Nation – a sovereign nation established here based on racism and forced removal.

With the start of the new year, there are often resolutions, promises and hopes for what the new year will bring. A question on social media last week asked the public to choose one thing, if possible, to remove from the world in 2022. For me, I selected "hate."

Recently I spoke of the benefits of getting a booster shot for the COVID vaccine. I tried to include a bit of personal experience into the reasons why it is beneficial to do so.

It did not happen in the last presidential election despite incumbent President Trump's devious plot to overturn his defeat.

Happy New Year! Now is the time that most people begin thinking about things they wish to accomplish during the upcoming year. There are many different things that are commonly considered; for example, lose weight, save money, quit smoking, eat healthier, get rid of debt, and the list goes o…

As we end an amazing year, 2022 is on the horizon. Yes, we are living through a horrible pandemic, but I am hopeful that our lives will improve before they get worse. As people are making new year’s resolutions, I’d like to focus more on what I hope for during 2022.

The Democratic Party's problem with Hispanic voters is worse than leaders think, according to a new assessment by the highly regarded strategist Ruy Teixeira. That conclusion is particularly important because Teixeira wrote the influential 2002 book "The Coming Democratic Majority," which co…

It's going to be a long month. The holidays are over, it's cold outside, and I'm already bored with cleaning out my closet.

A new year always has that feel of anticipation and new opportunities. At the City, several projects will be bridging the past to influence our future.

As I write this column, it is Dec. 7, a day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared would live in infamy. On Dec. 7, 1941 the United States' policy of isolationism was no longer relevant as America mobilized for war. In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. brought democracy and a fr…