The Great Game: Hillary Clinton has been declared the Democratic winner of the Iowa caucuses by a margin barely visible to the human eye. Clinton, 49.9 percent, Bernie Sanders, 49.6. Some districts were decided by the toss of a coin. …

Cornfield Convocation: Amid a huge turnout, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shocked Donald Trump last night, winning the Iowa Caucuses for the Republican presidential nomination. “Thank God for Iowa,” he said. The New York Post headline says over a picture of …

Cornfield Convocation: In a state where the majority of Republican voters are evangelical Christians, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will find out tonight whether God answers his prayers, or if He too has become enamored with the bluster of Donald Trump. …

Politics: The day before the Iowa Caucuses, the respected Des Moines Register poll says that Donald Trump is the clear leader among Republicans in the state. The poll has Trump with 28 percent of likely Republican attendees, while 23 percent …

GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …

The Global Threat: The World Health Organization plans an emergency meeting Monday to confront the Zika virus, which they say is “spreading explosively” in the Americas and threatening to infect 4 million people by the end of the year. The …

Patriot Games: A day after one of the occupiers was killed at a traffic stop, the Oregon wildlife preserve taken by a “patriot” group is surrounded by state and federal law enforcement. Their arrested leader, Ammon Bundy, issued a statement …

Patriot Games: Ammon Bundy, the leader of the “patriot” group that seized an Oregon wildlife refuge, and seven other people were arrested in a traffic stop that left one person dead. Some reports say the man killed was LaVoy Finicum, …

The Democrats: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders bluntly explained his belief in “Democratic Socialism,” last night in a Democratic town hall meeting on CNN. “Economic rights, the right to economic security is –  should exist in the United States of America,” …

Skyfall: The air transportation network is still sorting itself out after the weekend blizzard in the Mid-Atlantic coast. Travellers are stranded all over the country. Today nearly 1,500 flights are cancelled and almost 2,000 delayed. In Washington both the federal …