In a few days, the new baseball season and a new baseball-centered film arrive. The film, “42,” takes its title from the uniform number of Jackie Robinson and documents his travails and celebrates his achievements as he left the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues in 1947 to become …

In an effort to remove the hot-potato issue of excessive government spending from the 2012 presidential campaign, and calling the bluff of congressional Republicans who always seem to favor domestic spending cuts but increased military spending, President Obama suggested the concept of “sequester” in late 2011. His idea was to …

Heidi and Frank Green used to worry about their daughters while they were at school. The Clarksville, Indiana couple was concerned about bullying, cursing, large class sizes, a revolving teaching staff, and a general lack of attention for students. Thankfully, the Greens say their lives have changed for the better …

Kandahar, Afghanistan – This is the third in a series of reports from Afghanistan. Springtime. Back home, Congress is in recess, the kids are out of school and the redbuds, dogwoods and cherry trees are about to bloom. Here, south of the Hindu Kush, opium poppies are in full blossom, …

I feel like I’m becoming my grandfather: You kids today! You just don’t get it. We used to sleep on razor-wire beds and eat nails for breakfast. And we liked it! Maybe I’m getting old and grumpy, but kids are stupid. I mean, we’ve all been there. Come on, think …

Remember the good old days when all you cared about were things like: Who would be the next contestant voted off “Survivor” island? Or checking your 401(k) balance? Ah, yes — I thought I’d reminisce a little bit, because those days are long gone. You can’t sit on the couch …

Barack Obama is talking about taxing those big, bad evil bankers to make up for losses on the bailouts and he’s reviewing end of the year bonuses; can’t have those greedy bankers making any profits — oh no. Confiscating profits is becoming standard fare in Washington: When a company makes …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Frenemies Former Bush senior adviser and current Fox News contributor Karl Rove says he is not exactly popular with the current president. Rove writes in his new book about attending an April, 2008 event where he was seated near then-Obama campaign adviser …

As the nation watched the president sign health care reform into law Tuesday, a new CNN poll says that the majority of Americans now disapprove of Mr. Obama’s job performance: 51 percent say he’s not doing a good job. When you consider that the president’s approval rating was 76 percent …

There is no question that American voters are having trouble with President Obama. The latest Rasmussen poll says that 53 percent of registered voters disapprove of the president’s job performance. Just 45 percent like what he’s doing. If you strip away all the BS, the president is having trouble because …