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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 …

Does it matter if we ever really know what happened to the 11 Patriots’ footballs? A lot of people have said its no big deal because the Patriots won so soundly against the Colts. Others have said it doesn’t matter because all top athletes figure out ways to skirt the …

Most politicians occasionally get upset at the media. But few demonstrate as much contempt for journalists as do Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Sometimes it appears they’d prefer a state-run media rather than a free press. For example, last week at a Georgetown University conference on poverty, President Obama indulged …

The lights are going out on one of America’s counterterrorism programs. Intelligence officers and police may be in the dark about terrorists’ phone contacts in the U.S., even as they plot to strike us at home. The Islamic State threatened in April, “We will burn America.” Al Qaeda, its regional …

Thanksgiving is the holiday dedicated to giving thanks, to having and sharing gratitude for our many blessings. But this year it seems challenging to do in a world with at least two wars, natural disasters and personal problems. Financial challenges, health issues, family troubles visit all of us. When you …

Yeah, it’s what it’s like to be loved, Jamie. So scientists just confirmed there are three manmade things that can be seen from outer space. The Panama Canal, the Great Wall of China and Tyrus. Just kidding about the last one. It’s actually the towering stupidity of the Colorado Supreme …

The name of this show is “The Real Story” so today here a few of my thoughts on what it means to be real: Getting real means finding self-esteem from the inside out. I was a fat kid, so I couldn’t rely on my looks for self-esteem. Instead, I had …

Too many graduates will exchange their Cap and Gown after graduation for a ball and chain, debt that will follow them around like the proverbial weights hung on Jacob Marley in Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carole.” Today, about seven in 10 college graduates leave school with debt, averaging $30,000. But …