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WASHINGTON — Every Republican of the type concerned with winning in November has been asking the question (at least internally), "What if the worst ha...

WASHINGTON — The issue of whether Ted Cruz is constitutionally eligible to be president could not be more bogus. He is. Case closed. I say this as som...

WASHINGTON — It is axiomatic that congressional Republicans will oppose anything smacking of "gun control," which may as well be read as "Your mama." ...

For all the squawking that erupted in the wake of President Barack Obama’s executive action to expand background checks for gun buyers, including at g...

Now there are two. To the other 80 bowl teams we extend a fond farewell and perhaps a parting gift like a set of china or a toaster. And who wouldn't ...

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about George Petrisek. Long-time readers surely remember George — the self-titled Curmudgeon. One of my favorite thing...

"Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent." — Louis Brandeis WASHINGTON — The im...

SAN DIEGO — In a revealing exchange with Jerry Seinfeld in the comic's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," President Obama — who Seinfeld ...

WASHINGTON — The value of free advice is measured by what you pay for it, and Republicans don't usually ask me for mine. Nonetheless, the GOP's presid...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — By executing a senior Shiite cleric, Saudi Arabia effectively lit a match to set off regional sectarian tensions an...

We’ll be hearing a lot about the middle class in the coming months. That’s one sure bet for 2016, as both parties compete for votes. What’s less sure ...

“It was a fantastic experience.” That’s how Jason Nuzzo described his family’s experience at the national finals of the NFL’s Punt, Pass & Kick contes...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — You’d have expected him to be beaming and spewing one-liners. After all, that’s the way the Bills coach is … most of the time. Oh...

WASHINGTON — Soon, voters will have the opportunity and impertinence to insert themselves into the 2016 presidential conversation that thus far has be...

At year’s end, I want to offer a word to my conservative and libertarian readers whose patience I try regularly. Perhaps you read me to have someone t...

Do you like predictions? Are you a fan of Nostradamus, Cassandra, Madam Marie, The Amazing Criswell and the lesser-known Unamazing Criswell The Vague?...

WASHINGTON — Ethan Couch, meet Donald Trump, fellow Affluenza sufferer. Couch is the Texas teenager whose drunken driving killed four people in 2013 w...

If you have spent any serious time chasing whitetails, you quickly come to the realization that certain bucks become so cagey, so secretive you can hu...

WASHINGTON — E.B. White reportedly said "the most beautiful sound in America" is "the tinkle of ice at twilight." In 2015's twilight, fortify yourself...

We are now into the filet mignon and twice-baked potato portion of the bowl season. I do have a problem with this ESPN takeover regarding the bowl tel...