The Detroit News reported Wednesday that General Motors has laid off thousands of workers from manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Michigan. Though it is tempting to suggest the reason is purely a matter of GM’s overeagerness to catch up to the electric vehicle push, the reality is a bit ...

Believe me when I tell you Washington is going through stages of grief at the sudden demolition of the White House East Wing. The wreckage looks like a crime scene, with President Donald Trump’s thumbprints on it. He didn’t ask or tell people, he just destroyed a sacred structure that ...

Big news from Argentina is the electoral victory of the Advancing Liberty party of President Javier Milei. Milei initially won the presidency in 2023 brandishing a chainsaw as a message of how he was going to cut the runaway government that has been destroying the lives of Argentinians. ...

Historically, the city of Youngstown has changed mayors the way some folks change socks. Some of that was by design. For decades, Youngstown mayors were limited to two full four-year terms and could only return for a third term after an intervening term. That changed during the tenure of ...

Friends who are frustrated by the current White House regime still ask me, “Where is Obama?” As if he might miraculously arise again in the political skies like Mighty Mouse singing, “Here I come to save the day!” Dream on, I point out. But, behind the scenes, he has found more to do ...

Politicians in Washington have the shortest memories. Maybe that’s why they so seldom learn from their sometimes catastrophic mistakes. It was less than 20 years ago that the U.S. economy was flattened by the mortgage and banking crisis. Anyone remember? The experts said that the odds ...