Author: Scott Leffler

Recently a rapper who goes by the name Paris unveiled new album. The record, entitled “Sonic Jihad,” shows a picture of a jet liner flying into the White House. On…

Last week the president signed a bill that will reduce taxes by $350 billion over 10 years. That signature triggered a process that will result in a check for $800…

Michael Powell think’s he knows what’s best for you. The son of Secretery of State Colin Powell seems to have mastered a core Republican philosophy: We’re safer without safeguards. The…

As I put together Monday’s Union-Sun & Journal, it struck me what I was doing. If you’ll take a look at page A8 of that publication, you’ll notice a theme:…

Political machines are figuring out which cogs they want to endorse for this November’s elections – specifically county-wide elections. Perusing some of the endorsements, I was surprised – or dismayed…

I don’t usually like the hodge-podge columns. I normally like to pick a topic and stick with it. But this week, there’s a bunch of things that I want to…

Our local school districts are hoping that their representatives in the Assembly and Senate come up with some more money for them to run their school districts. The state aid…

Let’s start with the basics. I’m a white liberal Democrat male. Now take every pre-conceived notion that you have about the previous paragraph and toss it right out the window.…

Happy income tax day. It’s also the 138th anniversary of the day Abe Lincoln died. You know, ‘Honest Abe.’ And 91 years ago today the Titanic sunk. What do all…

“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” my mom always used to say. Actually, I’m not sure if she ever said that, but moms across the world have been saying something…