President Trump wants us to believe that the ridiculous 2,232-page spending bill passed by Congress, but unread by most members, is a matter of “national security,” because it has money to rebuild the military. He said he had to sign the bill for that reason but promised never to sign one ...

A liberal, the old joke attributed to Robert Frost goes, is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel. Something similar is going on with Catholics. Just ask Iggy the Crusader, who for years served nobly as the mascot of the College of the Holy Cross. Holy Cross is throwing ...

Watching the parade of porn stars, reality TV contestants and former Playboy models lining up to lambaste the president of the United States, as well as the daily trove of stories of wife beating, naked nepotism, gambling and official corruption among his Cabinet members and White House staff, ...

Donald Trump is moving into a new and more dangerous phase. Before, he was constrained by a few “adults” — Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster and John Kelly — whom he appointed because he thought they had some expertise he lacked. Now, Trump has either fired or is in the ...

Sometimes, for those of us who are constantly reading statistics and poll results, something that you didn’t expect to see stands out — a number that makes you think the future will not be what you have been expecting. My latest sighting of such a number was in a March 12 New York Times ...

There are many needed skills involved with driving a motor vehicle. As time goes on and the technological advances in vehicle manufacturing increases, it seems as though less and less human skill is needed behind the wheel. This new technology includes auto emergency braking, skid control, ...