If you’re reading this, you’ve survived the “sequester” cuts!That may surprise you, since President Obama likened the sequester to taking a “meat cleaver” to … more

WASHINGTON — With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching involved … more

WASHINGTON — In the 12 months we have to steel ourselves for the next State of the Union spectacle, let us count the ways that this spawn of democratic Caesarism — presidency-worship … more

WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Obama administration, I sat in a Capitol Hill hearing room and listened to Harry Markopolos, the whistle-blower in the Bernie Madoff scandal, bemoan the … more

Not only is a Senate plan for reforming the immigration program smart, it may actually become law. Those two things don’t necessarily go together. That it is bipartisan would seem a near … more

On immigration reformFrom the Nov. 24 The Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal: The election results aren’t likely to bring Democrats and Republicans closer together on all the grave issues facing our … more

WASHINGTON — Well, at least we’re starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It’s called “regular order,” using the … more

From the May 8, 1908 The Gillette News:While; plowing on his farm near New London, Wis., recently, Louis Hoffman unearthed a pot of gold said to be valued at $30,000. Hoffman had just purchased the … more

From the May 8, 1908 Gillette News:Parties hauling sand from my place are required to pay 25 cents per load for two-horse team or 50 cents per load for four-horse team, in advance. This is in accord … more