In the days before cable TV and video gluttony, my family's black-and-white Zenith offered three choices: NBC, ABC, and CBS, all via aff...

Ask anyone who owns a gun shop -- business is booming. Confirming what retailers are saying, the FBI reports logging 108,000 more backgroun...

Over the course of the campaign and since the election, I've heard some pretty bizarre statements accepted as fact -- some amusing, some...

So, in the end, who really won the presidential election last Tuesday? Barack Obama: 31.3% John McCain: 28.7% Other candidates: 1.2% None o...

Forgive me, but I'm still picking through Election Day stats. I'll get over it eventually, but I keep finding nuggets here and there...

This morning, Heather Pick lost her battle with breast cancer. She leaves behind her husband, Joe, and two children, a daughter and a son. S...

Every so often, I'm reminded that this isn't the world I grew up in. A disturbing sequence of events began unfolding yesterday after...

Opinions vary on the value of exit polls . I'm no expert in statistical analysis, but I believe that these polls offer an interesting wi...

Today, the sun rose on a different America. Whether that's a good or a bad thing depends on where one stands. For the incurably simple-m...

The People have spoken. For better or worse, the echo of our collective democratic voice will ring for generations. It's a night thick w...

When I was a kid, we always had school on Election Day. I remember being strangely fascinated by the scene that played out in our Heartland ...

My wife and I left the house about the time the polls opened (6:30am) and drove the two miles to our local community center to cast our ball...

With the two dominant parties' presidential candidates blitzing the national media with ads and appearances, I can't imagine an Amer...

"Chance favors the prepared mind." (Louis Pasteur, 1854)

To the purist, this may not qualify as chili -- but the great thing about food is that it’s defined by those who enjoy it. And this is chi...

The month of November is rising over our home clear, bright and with the promise of an afternoon high in the mid-60s. Mrs. KintlaLake and t...

In March, I looked forward to "a national conversation between Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain." I knew that these two very dif...

"I don't think at the moment she is prepared to take over the reins of the presidency. ... Give her some time in the office and I t...

As ordinary Americans hold garage sales to pay their mortgages, it appears that vulnerable Republicans are liquidating their dignity to sust...