President Trump encouraged fellow Republicans to do what many consider the unthinkable – allow taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.  He said it might be necessary to strike a new health care deal. The health care stalemate led to the longest government shutdown in history late last year.   Another failure to reach an agreement could force […]

Minnesota has gone from the Land of 10,000 Lakes to the Land of 10,000 scams. With bad news rising on a near-daily basis — including Tuesday’s fatal shooting after a woman apparently tried to hit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with her car — the state that gave America the simpering jape named Tim Walz […]

As the adage goes, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” This peculiarity of the human condition is precisely what appears to be giving President Donald Trump pre-midterm jitters. At the recent GOP annual retreat, the commander-in-chief wondered out loud, “I […]

Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar, according to the latest edition of federal nutrition advice released Wednesday by the Trump administration. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins issued the 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which offer updated recommendations for […]

Confession time: I like a pub. I like a country pub even more. And I absolutely adore a pint of ale, preferably a nutty, hoppy, real ale like Wadworth, or Hall and Woodhouse, or something from a local microbrewery – sipped in the snug of a thatched-roof inn, surrounded by the low hum of locals […]