The longest government shutdown in American history, 40 days of furloughed feds and finger-pointing, whimpered to an end Sunday night. Eight Senate Democrats, weary of their own party’s lack of a ...

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As soon as the government shutdown is ended, the TV-loving politicians need to make and pass a law outlawing government shutdowns (“Government shutdown becomes the longest on record,” Nov. 5). It ...

Baseball has always been a great cauldron of American vernacular speech. One relatively new expression has caught my attention: “Wear it.” Like when a 99 mph fastball hits a batter’s shoulder or thigh ...

It’s bad enough that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is playing politics with his needless government shutdown. But his actions are having real-world repercussions for American troops ...

HICKORY — After a lifetime of fighting for peace and justice for all, the Rev, Susan Smith, senior associate pastor of Exodus Missionary Outreach United Church of Christ, is now fighting for her life ...

Adam Smith favored neither state socialism nor unbridled markets, but something subtler: a moral economy grounded in sympathy and the pursuit of human flourishing. In a world where markets look ...

The future of West Coast eventing looks bright based on today’s opening dressage phase of the Eventing Championships at Galway Downs. Veteran Team USA rider Tamie Smith leads the CCI4*-L with Lillet 3 ...

I’ve spent my career highlighting the problems posed by extreme wealth. Not everyone buys it. “None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire,” Greg B. recently wrote to me.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released additional FBI files Wednesday revealing that hundreds more Republican groups and persons were targeted in a “fishing expedition” brought by special ...