Michael Steele is the newly minted chairman of the Republican National Committee. The former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland is being hailed...

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat from northwest Ohio, appeared yesterday on "Lou Dobbs Tonight." I knew of her steadfast opposit...

"What is it with schools closing? Who are the sissies making these decisions?" (John Schwab of McGuffey Lane, speaking this morn...

I'm looking out through an ice-covered window at one of our red pines. About 30 feet tall, most days its limbs reach out and upward, wav...

The local school district recently launched a system that broadcasts text-message alerts (closings, delays and critical incidents) to our ce...

My college roommate taught me almost everything I know about installing electrical accessories on cars, from sound systems to two-way radios...

Crawling around under the dashboard of my TrailBlazer today, I tried to recall how long it'd been since I'd installed audio gear in ...

When New York Gov. David Paterson today named Kirsten Gillibrand to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, he may have done Second...

The moment captured in that photograph -- Chief Justice John Roberts administering the oath of office to Pres. Barack Obama for a second tim...

I can't say that I'm fond of the title of Al Franken's 1999 book, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot -- not because I'm a fan...

Yes, this thing is real. Yes, it's for sale. And no, I won't. When I think about it -- and I'm gonna stop doing that soon -- ...

A couple of months ago, Jim Bianco of Bianco Research did a great job of shedding historical light on our government's addiction to tax...

While we were having our family discussion last night, the television on my desk was tuned to coverage of the Inaugural Parade. All of us kn...

Taking the full measure of this rich, historic day is daunting. Trying to convey its import to children presents an even bigger challenge. W...

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent ...

Back in February, Michelle Obama kicked up some serious campaign-trail dust when she said, "For the first time in my adult life I'm...

Life doesn't follow a formula or a script. It's not a serial. Life has more in common with a dream sequence than with a storybook --...

Sometimes the magic works. Sometimes it doesn't. Today, it did. Topping KintlaLake's good-fortune list was the early arrival of the ...

This morning the thermometer reads -12°F. Wind chill is expected to approach -40°F. Maybe folks in Glendive and Floodwood are accustomed to ...