Eleanor Clift is a regular panelist on the syndicated talk show, The McLaughlin Group, and writes about politics for Newsweek magazine as well as playing herself in movies from time to time. She gave the…

American men and women who dropped out before graduating from high school are losing years of life expectancy, researchers have discovered. They don’t know why. Those with a college degree or more are living longer.…

Mitt Romney was caught on a hidden camera saying that 47 percent of the American people “pay no federal income tax and are dependent on government. They believe they are victims who are entitled to…

With this one trailing in the polls, Americans will see a new Mitt Romney emerge from the continuing flood of television commercials and, come Oct. 3, in the first of three presidential debates. As reinvented,…

When the Allen County Hospital building of today was built in 1951-52 brass plaques were fastened to most of the hospital room doors, which carried the names of those who had donated money to equip…

Dear editor, As long as there are those who would take a stick and stir up a hornet’s nest, we will always have wars and rumors of wars. No denomination or religion has “all” the…

Here’s an opportunity that pro-active citizens should seize. The Kansas Department of Transportation will hold eight meetings across the state to discuss road projects and solicit comments about the way transportation dollars are being spent.…

Thursday the Federal Reserve said it would begin buying $40 billion worth of mortgage secured bonds each month until the unemployment rate fell and the economy showed a more vigorous recovery. At the news the…

Israel’s president, Benjamin Netanyahu, continues to press the United States to give Iran an ultimatum: prove you aren’t building a bomb or we’ll attack. President Barack Obama continues to resist. And perhaps he is telling…

Tuesday it was announced annual premiums for family health care insurance have risen 4 percent this year. Quite a welcome change from last year’s 9 percent.  But don’t crack open the champagne. Premiums averaged $15,745…