There are many, many reasons to have low regard for Mitt Romney. All but the totally delusional correctly see him as disingenuous, dishonest, devious and devoid of an authentic set of core beliefs. He is a shill for corporate and rich elites. He is the p

A photo essay by a World Press Photo award-winner reveals the stark story behind an urgent environmental issue. US President Barack Obama found himself in hot soup over the issue on Sunday, and the weekend before that, a Malaysian state weighed in on it,

Washington: US President Barack Obama has telephoned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and discussed regional support for Afghan-led reconciliation process in the war-torn country, the White House said. "They discussed regional support for Afghan-led r

These deniers include, well, you know who. Some deniers seem to be in the pay of “many large fossil fuel-based industries” who have “tried to discredit the work of scientists”. “Fortunately”, though “a new generation of world leaders” is “taking global w

Luntz then shifted his sights to Clinton. Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids PressRepublican Party Strategist Frank Luntz speaks at the annual Kent County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner Monday at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. GRAND RAPIDS - Frank Luntz,

Tuesday February 21, 2012 are not going to stand by and allow our God-given rights, protected by the Constitution, to be atrophied, neutered, confined and restricted," he said. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A group of evangelical pastors on Monday joined Roma

LOS ANGELES - President Barack Obama may have nixed a permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but that hasn't stopped the Canadian company that wants to build the 1,660-mile structure from going to court to force the cooperation of landowners who

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel now is offering JS Everywhere, a new digital subscription package, which gives you unlimited access to JSOnline, the daily e-Edition, Journal Sentinel mobile site and content previously included in Packer Insider. Also comi

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is working overtime to regain his magic in his native Michigan — and there were signs Tuesday the tactic may be working. The pro-Romney super political action committee, Restore Our Future, unleashes another $876,000 worth of ads

The anti-Obama pitch of faith, family and country played well to a group of 500 primarily Hope College students in Ottawa County, did the same to about 500 in Muskegon, but lacked a fervent reception from hundreds at the Kent County Republicans Lincoln D

The eventual Republican nominee should offer a clear alternative to President Obama's foreign policy. Accomplishing this means not only telling the truth about worsening foreign threats, it also means challenging the Washington foreign policy establishme

Los Cabos, Mexico -- The United States and Mexico agreed Monday to work together when drilling for oil and gas below their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mexico's foreign minister signed the deal at a

Joshua Roberts / Bloomberg U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue opposed many Obama plans. Number of the day 14,000 That's how many U.S. movie screens - out of 40,000 total - that haven't converted to digital projectors. The big Hollywood studios h

Now this is pretty interesting.... The chart above shows the approval-disapproval ratings for President Carter and President Obama in February of their fourth year in office (1980 vs. 2012), based on the Gallup/USA Today Presidential Approval Tracker web

If you thought you were living through a particularly nasty presidential primary, turns out you were right. Four years, ago, just 6 percent of campaign advertising in the GOP primary amounted to attacks on other Republicans, a figure that has shot up to

“My rival in this race,” President Obama announced early in 2007, “is not other candidates. It’s cynicism.” It’s now clear that what he meant by this was other people’s cynicism, not his own. As you may recall, Obama came into office a very inexperienced

"I was a Romney delegate and I guess I bought into the conventional wisdom and felt it back in October when I endorsed Romney and actually became a Romney delegate," former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) told MSNBC on Monday night. "That he was the best

A lawyer representing the James Madison Elementary School second-grader whose religious Valentines...- 4:05 pm Click on the pdf below to view this week's Preps Plus page.- 9:58 pm The top teams are having top-flight seasons in boys basketball in this are

WASHINGTON — The government’s attempt to reduce childhood obesity is moving from the school cafeteria to the vending machines. The Obama administration is working on setting nutritional standards for foods that children can buy outside the cafeteria. Wit