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Why is Christian such a slacker of the McCaffrey family? Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy last Saturday...

WASHINGTON — Gee, wonder what Hillary Clinton has been up to? If you haven't heard much about her lately, it's because Clinton news has been as scarce...

WASHINGTON — History, on the "right side" of which Barack Obama endeavors to keep us, has a sense of whimsy. Proof of which is something happening thi...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y — Just looking at the schedule, some would have – and rightfully so – predicted the first half of December was going to be a real...

LAS VEGAS — Who would be a more dangerous president: Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? This ghastly parlor game lacks a satisfying answer; either would be tox...

Christmas. When I was a child, it was my favorite time of year. Charlie Brown on TV with his tiny little tree, showing that Christmas should be about ...

Well, we can clearly eliminate those hyphenated-adjectives for Bradner Stadium… at least for the coming summer and possibly beyond. Whether the 90-yea...

WASHINGTON — Watching the racial ferment on campuses nationwide, and listening to the Supreme Court consider the charged topic of affirmative action, ...

WASHINGTON — There is a fine line between reflecting the concerns of voters and performing a crude and offensive imitation that mocks and defiles thei...

WASHINGTON — Crickets. This was the sound of America reacting to news earlier this month that all military positions, including ground combat, will be...

WASHINGTON — If Pagedale, Missouri, is a glimpse of the future, the future is going to be annoying. Pagedale might represent the future of governance ...

Before a cheering and whooping crowd in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Donald Trump, spewing the blustery rhetoric of a demagogue, declared that the United Sta...

If you have been lucky enough to have taken a deer and are wondering just how to prepare your venison, I have a few suggestions for you. I am not a tr...

Greetings from Buffalo General. It was oh so near and yet so far last Friday when I was about 11 miles south of Kane on Route 66. I was among the conv...

Predicating what will happen in the 2016 election cycle looks like a fool’s errand. Virtually every expert has been wrong so far. The Republican presi...

DACHAU, Germany — In a place synonymous with death, life has taken an unexpected turn. The radiating crisis of the Middle East has reached Bavaria in ...

WASHINGTON — In today's culture of hyperbole, born of desperate attempts to be noticed amid the Niagara of Internet and other outpourings, the label "...

WASHINGTON — It is happening here. With his call for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," Donald Trump has crossed a...

WASHINGTON — In his address to the nation on terrorism, President Obama warned against "tough talk." On this, at least, no one can accuse him of hypoc...

WASHINGTON — Americans looking for a Snuggy Bear and a blankey to ease their anxieties about the Islamic State will have to become more comfortable wi...