Turkish officials have insisted for some time that a former ally of that country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was granted asylum in the United States, is behind attempts to topple Turkey’s government. Nonsense, U.S. officials respond. The controversy was renewed last week after ...
Millions of people worldwide, but primarily in West Africa, received a Christmas present from Canada last week. It came in the form of a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus. When Ebola pops into the news every few years, it makes big headlines. It is in the class of diseases known as ...
As the bills for Christmas present spending come in next month, many of us will scratch our heads and wonder, “Where did all the money go?” Those who try to keep charitable organizations running wonder the same thing. Many of them stretch their budgets to — and sometimes past — the ...
Few times of the year are as quiet and uneventful as Christmas Day. During the morning hours, at least, just about everyone is home enjoying the holiday with family and friends. But not quite. Police and sheriff’s department cruisers patrol the streets and byways. Paid firefighters staff ...
It’s almost Christmas. It’s practically here! With apologies to Dr. Seuss for borrowing that line from his famous “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” it does convey a couple of sensations — excitement that Christmas is Sunday and relief that the day many have been actively planning ...
It has been obvious during the past few years that President Barack Obama believes himself to be the government. Never mind that the Constitution vests law-making power solely in Congress. Now Obama seems to think his decrees are permanent: What one president does, another cannot ...
Americans can have effective armed forces without having to choose between guns and butter. Anyone with even a passing knowledge of rampant, massive waste at the Pentagon can see that. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to improve the military’s effectiveness. Increasing the number of ...
More than 40 years ago, we Americans kicked a president out of the White House for various offenses linked to a burglary at the opposition political party’s office. Republicans and Democrats united in outrage about that crime and others linked to it. So now we’re arguing about whether we ...
With apologies to the majority of our voting readers who cast ballots for Donald Trump several weeks ago, this message isn’t for you. This is directed toward those who opposed our president-elect in November and refuse to accept that he’ll soon reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And it’s ...
President Barack Obama did something good and wise this week. He refused to veto a bill from Congress renewing authority for U.S. officials to use economic sanctions against Iran. Obama did major damage in agreeing — without lawmakers’ approval — to a deal under which Iran is supposed ...