It’s challenging to recruit businesses to rural America. As much as we enjoy the open spaces, short commutes and friendly people, a declining population and a lack of infrastructure, among other things, make regions like…

Many Americans, even once-ardent proponents of globalization, have soured on trade with China. But there is a growing danger that as the United States tries to address its difficulties with China, it will pull back…

Whew. There’s an end in sight for one of the two historic Hollywood strikes. Nearly five months after writers walked off the job, the Writers Guild of America announced over the weekend a tentative deal…

Funding of the federal government is set to expire at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 1. The shutdown would be the U.S. government’s first since early 2019, when a 34-day shutdown ended with then-President Trump backing…

If this were a movie script, you’d have a hard time believing it. U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was charged on Friday with secretly helping the Egyptian government and trying to stop the criminal prosecution of…

Voting by mail is easy, secure and cost effective. It saves time for voters and increases turnout and favors neither Democrats nor Republicans. Millions of Americans cast their ballots via the Post Office during COVID…

Lovers of the musical “Hamilton” will remember lyrics from the song, “The Room Where It Happens.” In it, a young Aaron Burr declares his ambition to become a national leader. He wants to be a…

School here started over a month ago. And while time flies for students and their families, the school year often passes by in warp speed for teachers and administrators.  As school districts across the country…

More than two years have passed since former U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue departed, but the brouhaha he created with one callous comment in the middle of his tenure remains memorable. Perdue, a…

To mixed reviews, Apple released the iPhone 15 last Tuesday. Sure it’s better, tech analysts seem to concur, just not enough to rationalize the $1,599 price tag, which is what the souped-up version with 1TB…