VANCOUVER, Washington — NFL linemen on Sundays and scattered other game days want to throw their rivals to the ground — or worse. Yet these often 6-foot-7-inch, 315-pound tacklers and defenders also show grudging respect for their professional opponents, who, like them, have reached the pinnacle of their profession through skill and hard work. In […]
During a 2017 television appearance, then-Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), eyeing a long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination three years on, declared, “Everybody needs to be woke.” In his three serious runs at the White House, former President Donald Trump has campaigned as an anti-woke, tough-on-crime candidate. At a Sept. 29 rally, for instance, the […]
HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon — Financial advisers frequently warn clients that when it comes to stocks and other financial investments, past performance is no guarantee of future results. In Oregon‘s 5th Congressional District, Janelle Bynum is betting that past electoral success against the incumbent Republican shows she’ll win on Election Day. Bynum, a Democratic state representative […]
Wine consumption globally is continuing its downward trend, and some winemakers and other industry players are failing to see what could be an existential crisis for the nectar of the gods. Wine has been facing a long-term structural decline for some time. Major wine markets such as France and Italy have indeed been in such […]
After his vice presidential debate against Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) on Tuesday, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) joked that the Democrat was “welcome to vote for us.” Many media pundits and fans alike agreed that Vance had a better performance than Walz in Tuesday’s debate. “I hope so, man; we’ll take every vote we can get,” […]
Here is what passes for metanarrative on CBS. The new Matlock “reimagining” of the classic 1984-1995 show, resuming Oct. 17 after its Sept. 22 “sneak peek,” takes place in a world in which the Andy Griffith original still aired. Booyah! Take that, Gramps and Gran! But wait, there’s more. The new series looks at the […]
I have never seen a Hallmark movie, watched more than 10 consecutive minutes of a soap opera, nor read a single word written by Colleen Hoover, the romance author whose works have sold over 20 million copies. And, having now experienced the summer blockbuster It Ends with Us, one of the surprise box-office successes of […]
Former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney cast the November elections as a do-or-die moment for democracy at a campaign rally on Thursday for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground Wisconsin, laying out her most comprehensive case yet for why she’s voting Democrat. Cheney, a member of the former House Jan. 6 committee and lifelong Republican, […]
Israel launched its largest airstrike targeting the West Bank since the start of the war, killing 18 Palestinians, including a local Hamas leader. While the Israel Defense Forces have been locked in conflict in Gaza and Lebanon, the West Bank has seen less intense fighting, usually limited to raids and clashes with protesters. On Thursday, […]
SAGINAW, Michigan — Former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of being “totally unprepared” for Hurricane Helene on Thursday as he compared the federal response to President George W. Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. “This is the worst response in the history of hurricanes. A certain president, I will not name him, destroyed […]
