If you're wondering why Congress feels empowered to call the plays on the college bowl game lineup, blame the guy who fancies himself quarterback in chief. Barack Obama clinched the couch potato vote last fall by declaring his support for a playoff series to pick the national champion, then promised after his election to "throw my weight around a little bit" to make it happen. ...more

December 20, 2009

An Alaska senator says the U.S. Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office. ...more

November 20, 2009

The 17th annual Brad Doty Memorial Children's Christmas Classic golf tournament received a large amount of support from the community on Saturday. ...more

December 9, 2008

John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda. As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not, a McCain administration would not be like a Bush administration. ...more

September 4, 2008

When the new mother arrived home from running errands on Sept. 10, life changed before she even walked inside. ...more

September 18, 2007