Miller Sanford

The night before the Louisiana gubernatorial election, Edwin W. Edwards went to church. Greater St. Stephen Baptist in central city New Orleans received him as if he were a visiting prince. Edwards knelt near the altar. He was blessed by the black minister. After two years of enduring David Duke’s racist bile, a swelling congregation … Read more

Few worries gnaw on a parent like the prospect of putting a child through college. Tuition is rising faster than the nation’s inflation rate, and the yearly cost of a higher education now drains 25% of the median family income. With financial aid limited, more and more college students are graduating not just with degrees … Read more

A speedboat passes offshore windmills in the North Sea off Denmark. Former President Trump’s war on turbines dates from a losing battle against an offshore wind farm near one of his golf courses in Scotland. (Associated Press) For a long time, Donald Trump derided electric vehicles as expensive and impractical. “Nobody wants them,” he charged, … Read more

President Reagan crowed today over his double-barreled victories in Congress to start toward a balanced budget and tax reform, needling doubters by asking, “What’s this I heard about lame duckery?” When House Republicans last week stunned the Administration by deserting Reagan on a procedural vote and nearly killing tax reform, critics in both parties proclaimed … Read more

A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces walks inside a prison in Raqqa, Syria. An American citizen who allegedly fought for Islamic State in Syria has been detained in Iraq for more than two months. (Asmaa Waguih / Associated Press ) In a case that defense lawyers warned could create a “constitutional black hole,” … Read more