Archive for April, 2011

Sarah Palin has had a sliding spring.

Her support among Republicans has shrunk. She’s kept an uncharacteristically low profile. And there’s no evidence that she’s anywhere close to announcing whether she will run for president.

But it’s clear she…

A federal court has given the Obama administration the go-ahead to continue embryonic stem cell research.

Produce proof

Last summer, my son was selected as a Little League all-star. Prior to participating, however, he was required to produce five documents that would prove both his age and residency, the most important being a certified copy of his birth…

Donald Trump stepped out of the helicopter that had his name painted on the side, walked across the tarmac and announced to reporters that he was proud of himself. This would not be news on any day. But on this day, I would not have been surprised to…

On Oct. 22, 1844, thousands of followers of American evangelist William Miller woke up expecting Jesus Christ to make his triumphant return that day, as they had been told. That night, they went to bed, surprised and disappointed. But Miller’s movement…

Martha Stevenson was out of work and behind on her mortgage payments when her furnace started to go.

When Stevenson, 60, contacted the Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, she was told workers could replace her furnace, vent her…

As Democrats in the U.S. Senate took aim at ending subsidies for oil companies, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson said Friday there might be legitimate reasons to keep the subsidies in place.

Johnson, a freshman Republican, told reporters that some tax items…

Sarah Palin has had a sliding spring.

Her support among Republicans has shrunk. She’s kept an uncharacteristically low profile. And there’s no evidence that she’s anywhere close to announcing whether she will run for president.

But it’s clear she…