Last night and tonight we watched the Ken Burns documentary about Jackie Robinson. The movie reminded me not only what a great athlete he ...

Terrible news from Belgium this morning. We lived in Belgium for three years and have many friends there. Good people. The airport at ...

The first election I remember is 1948. Republicans were certain of victory. President Truman was not as popular as Roosevelt had been. The c...

Gorgeous George One of the problems of growing older is that one remembers too much. As I watch and listen to the commentariat puzz...

Last week's news of the death of Associate Justice Scalia has already had an effect on the 2016 election in NC. Before Scalia's pass...

Three federal judges on Friday threw out the congressional voting maps the Republican-led General Assembly drew five years ago, ruling tha...

Good for Janet Alexander. A couple of days ago, she asked a good question on the Oriental Facebook site: "Now what happens to t...

I get a bit tired of candidates accusing each other of "flip-flops." I suppose no one remembers Ralph Waldo Emerson, who penned...