Uncas Thinking: A ground war in Iraq would lead to 100 US deaths and 500 wounded every month, President Obama told a private meeting of news columnists earlier this week. He said the cost in lives and money was the …

The Ebola virus is the best thing to happen to American politicians in years. Ebola has done what neither war, climate change, nor economic meltdown have accomplished. It has united our politicians in action because Ebola is bad. Ebola threatens …

National: The House passed a temporary funding bill to keep the federal government running until September. But the $85 billion in sequester cuts remain. The White House has cancelled tours to save money. Kentucky Tea Party Republican Sen. Rand Paul …