Advice and Dissent: President Obama told reporters yesterday that he plans to ignore the Republican threat to wait until after the election to act on a Supreme Court nominee. “There’s no unwritten law that says that it can only be …

Big Brother: Former President George W. Bush came out yesterday to try to save the presidential candidacy of his little brother Jeb!, who’s been getting pummeled by Donald Trump. The former president told a crowd of 3,000, “Labels are for …

Will Work for Change: In a New Hampshire town hall meeting last night Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton staked out their ground on which is the true “progressive” candidate. “I do not know any progressive who has a super pac …

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: 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 …

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, …

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 …

Terror: At least 22 people were killed and many more wounded in a Taliban attack today at a university in northwestern Pakistan. It happened at Bacha Khan University in the town of Charsadda, about 25 miles from a school in …