Let’s stipulate this up front: The Des Moines Register’s poll of the presidential race in Iowa that was published just days before the election was miles off the mark. The poll, overseen by veteran pollster…

Donald Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine, and who doesn’t? Apparently Vladimir Putin, who used his annual end-of-year news conference last week to send the President-elect a message about his peace terms. “Now,…

Looks as if we’ll be getting a two-for-one president with Elon Musk on board. It wasn’t until 14 hours after Musk’s first post on his social media platform X, “formerly known as Twitter,” that President-elect…

It is over. Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty of orchestrating and participating in the mass rape of his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, in their home in the quiet town of Mazan in the South of…

In her annual budget address earlier this month, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recommended the state cut spending by 27 percent, due to an unexpected decrease in sales tax revenues and the fact they have…

Much of the discussion around the issue of using taxpayer dollars to help families send their children to private schools has centered on coming up with a compromise, because it’s inevitable this is the year…

I left my job as a health insurance executive at Cigna after a crisis of conscience.  It began in 2005, during a meeting convened by the chief executive to brief department heads on the company’s…

This week, Platte County, Mo., Commissioners refused to enact a quarter-cent sales tax meant to address youth mental health.  Nevermind that 56% of voters there approved establishing the Children’s Service Fund of Platte County to…

When I recently picked up a rental car in Las Vegas — I was in America to cover the elections — the agent at the counter insisted on “upgrading” me to a BMW. “So you…

Kris Kobach is pretty happy with himself these days. He just got 147,000 people declared ineligible for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.  The victory is all the sweeter for Kobach because they’re all…