Lake Placid coach Dan Coomes knew the repercussions. Start six first-time players and issues will arise. ...more

March 4, 2010

The shocking inattention apparent in the cockpit of a wayward Northwest Airlines flight has angered passengers and regulators. The pilots overshot Minneapolis by 100 miles, and if a flight attendant hadn't asked them for an explanation, they soon would have been accompanied by fighter jets. ...more

October 29, 2009

Unless the White House comes to its senses, pilots at MacDill Air Force Base and other bases will have to continue flying Cold War-era refueling tankers for five years. ...more

March 17, 2009

It is one thing when the best-paid people seem to be the smartest and the most accomplished. Those who make much less may not like it, but the differential seems understandable. It is another thing when those people are shown to have committed huge blunders that would have driven their companies out of business, and them into the unemployment line, but for government bailouts. ...more

January 24, 2009

Paul Simdars of Hudson says Rich Lowry's op-ed page column missed some of the major blunders of the Bush administration. ...more

January 21, 2009

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, amid speculation she'll run for president in four years, blamed Bush administration policies for the defeat last week of the GOP ticket and prayed she wouldn't miss "an open door" for her next political opportunity. ...more

November 10, 2008

I wonder how many readers remember how and why the United States became involved in the costly Iraq disaster? We entered that war because of what some have called the "big lie," fabricated by Colin Powell, the retired army general turned secretary of state. ...more

October 27, 2008

Ryan Longwell's 30-yard field goal with 13 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Vikings to a 30-27 comeback victory over the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, spoiling a record-tying performance by Reggie Bush. ...more

October 7, 2008

On the biggest issue on voters' minds, the economic crisis, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke for most ordinary Americans when she blamed greed and corruption and said, "We need to stop that." ...more

October 4, 2008

Daniel Burnett spent most of last year in the stable while All-Heartland football player of the year TJ Williams ran free on Firemen's Field and closed out his senior campaign with more than 1,000 rushing yards. ...more

September 12, 2008