The month of August is named for Augustus Caesar. The first day of this month marks the halfway point of our summer. The days are now continuing to get shorter even as the nights are getting longer again, which is great for seeing and enjoying more of the wonders of the night sky. There will […]

CLEVELAND — There’s always been a disconnect between what pundits and political insiders hear when Donald Trump speaks and what rank-and-file Republicans hear. But when Trump gave his acceptance address on the last night of the GOP convention here in Cleveland Thursday night, the opinion gap was absolutely vast. To the critics offering first opinions […]

She is private; he is public. She studies bulging policy briefing books to look prepared; he studies them to look spontaneous. She has the gift of iron discipline; he has the gift of gab. Hillary Clinton regards a crowded auditorium as hostile territory; Bill Clinton regards it as his sweet Arkansas home. “Bill is a […]

I would really like to see Rio de Janeiro someday. Someday when it’s not hosting the Olympic Games, that is. Rio is already a big tourist destination. Why would they want bigger crowds, more traffic, more confusion, more stress? Why would any city beg (and/or bribe) to host the Olympics, after so many host cities […]

Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump’s first scene-stealing of Sen. Ted Cruz might have been arranged by divine, tongue-in-cheek intervention. It went this way: Cruz was holding a rally at Cleveland airport with several hundred enthusiastic supporters. Just as Cruz said, “Our party now has a nominee,” Donald Trump’s jet flew overhead, coming in loud and […]