The other day I pulled on my old Obama-Biden T-shirt. It had a few holes but I wore it anyway because it reminded me of a time when I thought this country was headed in the right direction. Whatever ...

Among the worst features of today’s politics is its pervasive crudity. Democrats and Republicans don’t just compete for electoral power and disagree on policy. They question motives, hurl insults and ...

SPRINGFIELD – “It’s not the job of a police department to make money == it’s our job to enforce the law.” I occasionally heard those words grumbled by cops when I was a young police reporter years ago ...