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Those of us who work in academia understand that academic freedom represents the cornerstone of successful colleges and universities...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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..

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I come from a long line of anti-fascists. His parachute was later used to make the wedding dress of my cousin Helen...

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...

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...

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!..

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...

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...

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...

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...

“Only bet what you can afford to lose. For years the NFL was adamantly against betting in sports. �� He was correct...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The bloodshed was everywhere. I was desperate to stop Thurber's reign of puppy-toothed terror, but how?..

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...

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...

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...

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...