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WASHINGTON — Whatever his other considerable achievements, our president-elect is not known for his broad reading in American history. But Donald Trum...

WASHINGTON — History has a sly sense of humor. It caused an epiphany regarding infrastructure projects — roads, harbors, airports, etc. — to occur on ...

When Sen. Barack Obama was running for the presidency and for most of his two terms, the Tea Party right-wing claimed he was born in Kenya, that he wa...

"Oh, don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong, And isn't your life extremely flat With nothing whatever to grumble...

WASHINGTON — Many undergraduates, their fawn-like eyes wide with astonishment, are wondering: Why didn't the dean of students prevent the election fro...

WASHINGTON — While the challenges of the GOP — its long-term demographic difficulties, its erratic leadership, the bitter struggle for its ideological...

The near-impossible has happened, and Donald Trump is three months from being President Trump. From local elections to the presidency, this general el...

WASHINGTON — "Now all the truth is out," said William Butler Yeats. "Be secret and take defeat." Which is not really an option for a columnist. After ...

RIDGWAY – These students haven’t forgotten the American dream. In fact, they have some big hopes for the United States and the military. Three Ridgway...

ST. MARYS — Charles Marohn, president of Strong Towns, a national non-profit working to strengthen financial resilience in America’s towns and cities,...

WASHINGTON — The first sentence of Charles de Gaulle's Memoir reads: "All my life I have thought of France in a certain way." This is a presidential e...

WASHINGTON — Sixteen years ago I awaited the arrival of Election Day, anxious but hopeful. I was a part of a presidential campaign that had challenged...

WASHINGTON — One more week, give or take. It seems nearly impossible that an election season that began approximately four years ago is nearing its en...