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…

Unable to attend the BRICS summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in Johannesburg at the end of August, or at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9-10, due to an arrest warrant…

It was like a scene from the cold war. Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, stepped off his luxurious bulletproof train this week having crossed into Russia’s Far East, to be greeted by a military…

Recently, we’ve received a couple of messages from readers extolling the promise of the supposedly centrist group No Labels. In theory, this is a group looking for solutions in the neglected middle of the ideological…

At the end of this month, states are expected to run through the last of $24 billion in additional federal funding for child care, implemented as part of the overall pandemic relief efforts. We’ll all…

Next term will be agonizing for the Supreme Court. Some combination of voters and courts will determine whether Donald Trump becomes president again and whether he goes to prison. President Joe Biden’s son has a…

Once again, House Republicans are putting themselves in an impossible position. This time it’s over President Joe Biden’s request for $40 billion in emergency spending for Ukraine, disaster relief, border security and other priorities popular…