by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion
How low can Congress go, at least in the category of job approval? An average of seven different polls taken during the past month showed that only 15.6 percent of Americans approve of the job our law-makers are doing, while a resounding 78.7 percent disapprove...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 18, 2013 | Opinion
Danica Patrick won the pole position for next week’s Daytona 500 on Sunday, posting the fastest time among 45 competitors. She was not only the first woman to win the pole for the Daytona 500, but for any race in NASCAR’s premier division. Last year she...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 15, 2013 | Opinion
We all remember “Superstorm Sandy,” the monstrous tempest that left a wake of destruction along the northeastern shore. Since we’ve come to expect the federal government to foot the bill for natural disasters (including ill-advised construction in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 13, 2013 | Opinion
So, I did my duty and watched the State of the Union address instead of SMASH, and was struck (again) by the sharp divisions that mark our country’s leadership. President Obama’s speech, like all State of the Union messages, was frequently interrupted by...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 11, 2013 | Opinion
Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he plans to step down at the end of the month — the first pope in 600 years to resign voluntarily rather than clinging to power and dying in office. Benedict has not been my favorite pope: his strict orthodoxy and...
