Recent Columns
September 26, 2023
by Elwood Watson

Those of us who work in academia understand that academic freedom represents the cornerstone of successful colleges and universities...
September 26, 2023
by Tom Purcell

It was a family event for the ages. I drove my mother down Friday so she could participate in the rehearsal. After the rehearsal, we attended a welcome party, where we had great fun catching up with my cousins and other family members...
September 25, 2023
by Christine Flowers

When my father proudly mentioned to one of his colleagues that his firstborn child had just been accepted to Bryn Mawr College, he responded: “Let’s hope she doesn’t stop shaving her underarms...
September 21, 2023
by Daryl Cagle

Congress is back in session, and Republicans are focusing their efforts on an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, despite the last of evidence linking him to the business dealings of his son, Hunter...
September 21, 2023
by Michael Reagan

Making Sense by Michael Reagan Too bad Donald Trump won’t attend the second Republican presidential primary debate next week at the Ronald Reagan Library...
September 21, 2023
by Dick Polman

The easiest way to write about the House Republicans’ purported impeachment probe of President Biden, a theatrical stunt launched with zero actual evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors, is to simply focus on MAGA mascot Kevin McCarthy – the h..
September 21, 2023
by Joe Guzzardi

Congress is back from its August recess, the weeks-long period away from its always-contentious, mostly unproductive business. 30 deadline to pass a federal budget. 1, a new fiscal year begins...
September 20, 2023
by Danny Tyree

Tyrades! I was living with my parents and slept during the day because I worked graveyard shift. They pounced on the delicacy, chortling because I was missing out. They should not have accepted the “hot” version of the sauce...
September 19, 2023
by Jase Graves

A few days ago, my wife and I were taking our evening almost-senior-citizen power stroll, and the subject of Hooters came up. And I’ll tell you why (even if you wish I wouldn’t). (Pretend you didn’t read those last two words together...
September 19, 2023
by Tom Purcell

I suppose it was just a matter of time before casual dress hit the U. Senate. Schumer’s directive appears to be tailor-made for Pennsylvania Sen...
September 18, 2023
by Elwood Watson

Get your popcorn ready, because a gut-wrenching level of drama has gripped the House of Representatives! �� Last week, Speaker Kevin McCarthy slid over to a lectern and called for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden...
September 18, 2023
by Christine Flowers

I come from a long line of anti-fascists. His parachute was later used to make the wedding dress of my cousin Helen...
September 14, 2023
by Daryl Cagle

It's the middle of September, or as it's become known across the U. – pumpkin spice season. At the top of the list is the Pumpkin Spice Latte, which turns 20 this year after being introduced by Starbucks in 2003...
September 14, 2023
by Michael Reagan

Making Sense by Michael Reagan Thank God for Sen. I wish every major television and radio network in the country had covered what the smart and colorful Republican did in the Senate this week...
September 14, 2023
by Dick Polman

The second Republican presidential debate is less than two weeks away, co-hosted by the Fox Business network, and I know you must be excited. HOSTS: “Welcome to the second Republican presidential debate!..
September 14, 2023
by Phil Kerpen

The Biden administration's infatuation with electric vehicles is no secret, with billions in subsidies lavished on them in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act and now direct bribes to vehicle manufacturers to shift their production...
September 14, 2023
by Joe Guzzardi

When the Chicago Cubs called up Ken Holtzman from the Rookie Pioneer League in 1965, some within the organization predicted that the lefty would be the next Sandy Koufax...
September 13, 2023
by Danny Tyree

Tyrades! “I’m lovin’ it” was assuredly not my gut-level reaction when I read of a 10-year corporate plan to phase out self-serving soda machines in all the restaurants and require customers to request (grovel for) refills at the counter...
September 13, 2023
by Carl Golden

As talk builds about whether Joe Biden is mentally and physically capable of withstanding a re-election campaign or serving another four years, it's only be a matter of time before the most difficult of conversations with the president will occur...
September 12, 2023
by Tom Purcell

“Only bet what you can afford to lose. For years the NFL was adamantly against betting in sports. �� He was correct...
September 11, 2023
by Elwood Watson

Malcolm X said it best in a 1962 speech: “The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is a black woman…” More than 60 years later, these words still ring true...
September 11, 2023
by Peter Funt

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” hasn’t cracked a Joe Biden joke since April 15, when cast member Michael Che quipped, “President Biden has tried to downplay the recent leak of classified U...
September 11, 2023
by Christine Flowers

The last time that I wrote anything about the Proud Boys, I got into some hot water. �However, the mere fact that he had dared attend a meeting was considered sufficient grounds to treat him as a Nazi, which is what many people called him...
September 9, 2023
by Daryl Cagle

How many people do you know have tested positive for COVID in the past month? It should be an interesting fall and winter. I personally liked Bill Day's quiet cartoon featuring a margarita glass topped with a rim of salt...
September 8, 2023
by Michael Reagan

Making Sense by Michael Reagan Almost a hundred years ago the great American author Sinclair Lewis wrote a political novel called “It Can’t Happen Here...
September 7, 2023
by Tom Purcell

The bloodshed was everywhere. I was desperate to stop Thurber's reign of puppy-toothed terror, but how?..
September 7, 2023
by Dick Polman

I’ll go out on a limb and take a wild guess that you didn’t watch Nikki Haley make a fool of herself on TV last weekend. �� Only a truly vacuous candidate can bring to mind the Marquis de Sade. But then she hit the wall...
September 6, 2023
by Danny Tyree

Tyrades! �� After 40-plus years, I can still hear one of my best friends from college asking that dreaded question. I have felt guilty over the decades. (I’m not so overwrought about high school friends who escaped from my orbit...
September 5, 2023
by Jase Graves

Recently, my wife and I accomplished a task almost as daunting as giving our cat a pill or teaching our youngest daughter to drive without committing widespread curb trauma...
September 5, 2023
by Elwood Watson

It appears some Republican donors are really concerned that presidential candidate Tim Scott, South Carolina's junior senator, is a 57-year-old bachelor — and whatever implications that may entail...