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“To you people in Maryland, the gambling group wants more gambling, so you can have more money for your schools and such: That is the same thing they told us in West Virginia and here in Jefferson County, and guess what? Where is the money for my...

If this was not totally obvious to everyone who glances at this column from time to time, I’m endorsing Barack Obama for president. Now I will make you suffer through a column about why I will vote for a second Obama term and why you should too....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaires, anonymous donors and shadowy outside groups funneled enormous amounts of money into this year's federal elections, as the cost of the presidential campaign surged past $2 billion and is expected to set a record....

When Mitt Romney ran for Massachusetts governor in 2002, the private equity magnate said he was uniquely qualified to create jobs, particularly in the private sector, and to lure employers to the Bay State. Instead, under his leadership the state was the...

“Mitt Romney says his highest priority is jobs. If so, why did he oppose the bailout of the auto industry? And why is his money invested offshore?” — Chambersburg, Pa. “I would just like to say I’m amazed at the reporter who...

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge will allow the release of testimony by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the decades-old divorce of Staples founder Tom Stemberg. Lawyers for The Boston Globe argued that the public has a right...

WASHINGTON -- October Surprises just aren't what they used to be. Carnival barker and Mitt Romney surrogate Donald Trump, R-Absurdity, set the gossip mill churning this week when he declared he would make a "major announcement" about President Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the...

This post has been corrected. See below for details. Among the pleas and invectives, yowls and barks coming from Patti Smith on stage at the Wiltern on Friday, the bellowed cries of “free money!” “Gloria!” and “Pussy Riot!&...

The “Age of Greed” authored by Jeff Madrick, an economic columnist for The New York Times, might be considered by some as just another treatise on our latest economic collapse. This would not be a fair assessment of this fine book because it...

President Obama almost made it. In just a few short months, he would have completed four years without accepting any responsibility for negative events. And then came Benghazi. Any editorial support of Romney/Ryan that includes the possibility of a...

In 2011, the Siena College Research Institute asked 238 presidential scholars to again rank presidents. This was the fifth time for such evaluation and included the incumbent president. President Franklin Roosevelt was given the honor of first place,...