Economic anxiety is rampant. Partisan gridlock has driven public esteem of Congress lower than a snake's belly. Healthy percentages of Americans tell pollsters they hate partisanship, want an alternative to Republicans and Democrats, and would consider a

SOMERSET — The main road in the center of town looks a little cleaner thanks to some volunteers who spent some time on Saturday making the side of Route 138 look a little better. Volunteers spent all morning on Saturday picking up trash on the side of th

When New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte joined Mitt Romney for a tour of fishing boats last week, she was auditioning. When Florida Sen. Marco Rubio turned up with Romney two weeks ago in Delaware County, maybe he was, too. In the weeks since Romney clinche

A two-year-old Illinois Supreme Court decision that snatched the property tax exemption from a central Illinois hospital could have a "chilling effect" on all state hospitals, says an area lawmaker. "First we chipped away at hospitals and doctors, slowed

They called their caucus the Blue Dogs - in part, it is said, because as moderate-to-conservative Democrats in Congress, they felt choked to the point of death by the prevailing liberal orthodoxy of their party. Or, alternatively, frozen blue like a houn

The latest template is "war."