By Michael Kaufman
I was working on deadline but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to participate in a Gallup Poll.

By Bob Gaydos
An update on a renovation project that began about nine months ago following a visit to a doctor, some talk about my high blood pressure, a lack of vitamins B12 and D and a suggestion to lose weight and get some exercise.

By Jeffrey Page
What is it about “the right of the people to be secure,” “unreasonable searches,” and “probable cause” that Obama fails to understand?

By Bob Gaydos
What do Monsanto and the Turkish prime minister have in common? An addiction to power. They will remain addicted so long as they are allowed to by others.

If we knew why we were scared, I think we mostly wouldn’t be scared.

By Michael Kaufman
“You don’t know how good you have it in New York,” wrote my friend Jon Kotch, “In North Carolina the idiots are in charge!”

By Jeffrey Page
If the Democrats were smart, they’d search for some more pugnacious candidates like Lautenberg himself and stop being so damned polite.

By Michael Kaufman
My children have all come to regard “bunch of idiots,” or simply the singular, “idiot,” as terms of endearment. But aside from family members, those words are reserved for people I truly think worthy of the name.

By Jeffrey Page
Spend money to buy Exxon gasoline? Not anytime soon.

By Carrie Jacobson
Oklahoma seemed like a nice place – except for the tornadoes. See photos of a scary sky, and find out how to help