opinion

WASHINGTON — The exhausting, occasionally horrifying experience of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars still makes it difficult for political figures to say...

WASHINGTON — You know we’re off to the races when the first slip of the tongue by the presumed Republican presidential front-runner consumes the news ...

WASHINGTON — Let us talk about answering hypothetical questions, gotcha-type questions and no questions at all. That is, let us talk about Jeb Bush, M...

WASHINGTON — A near miss can be a sharp spur, so Rick Santorum wants to say something to those who profess condescending puzzlement about his persiste...

WASHINGTON — Pass any Chipotle these days — and it is my gastronomic preference to pass rather than enter — and you will see signs claiming credit for...

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is running for his first reelection since his victory in 2010 probably against Joe Sestak (D). It’s bound to be one of the mos...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Counterfeiters use several of China’s largest state banks as safe havens, relying on them to process credit card payments or move mone...

WASHINGTON — Controversies about “free-range parenting” illuminate today’s scarred cultural landscape. Neighbors summon police in response to parentin...

WASHINGTON — How depressing is it that, out of the more than a dozen announced or prospective Republican candidates for president in 2016, only one, C...

WASHINGTON — It is nearly axiomatic that presidential contests tend to shine a harsh light on conservative Christians — inasmuch as they are viewed as...

WASHINGTON — The recent spectacle of Pamela Geller, the erstwhile journalist who organized a provocative Prophet Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest in T...

WASHINGTON — The sign of a first-rate intelligence, according to F. Scott Fitzgerald, is “the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the sam...

WASHINGTON — The quarterback arrived at Salem State University by helicopter to adoring, cheering crowds. “Most famous witch hunt victims in Salem?” r...

WASHINGTON — In the 1950s, during one of his two campaigns as the Democrats’ presidential nominee, Adlai Stevenson was invited to address a gathering ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A huge nationwide spike in hospitalizations last month caused by a class of drugs often called "synthetic marijuana" illustrate...

Michael Blake died last week. You probably don’t know the name. You probably don’t know about his life. You probably don’t know most of what he wrote....

KHADKA TOLE, Nepal (AP) — Gone, the girl says as she squints into the sun, the air around her shimmering with wind-blown wheat chaff. She points to on...

WASHINGTON — Comments about recent events in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray provide a glimpse at perhaps one of our greatest challenges...

Many people may not realize how significantly mental health impacts them. Our mental health assists us in effectively coping with stress in our lives....

WASHINGTON — America’s smallest state — one Nevada county is nearly eight times larger — has the longest name: In a 2010 referendum, voters kept the o...