Bill Neukom, now the managing general partner and CEO of my beloved San Francisco Giants, seems like one of those guys who has led ten...

Commie Bashing Baseball Talent Scout The passing of the great Harmon Killebrew recently caused a few Idaho political, history and...

Any candidate who says those words on national television is, by definition, in the deep do-do. Newt Gingrich used the “go talk to...

A good deal of the analysis of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s less-that-successful first days on the presidential campaign trail...

One of the Greats Passes Just when it seems that spring may final have come, it turns out to be a sad, sad day. The Great Killebrew is...

The presidential or gubernatorial veto may be the single biggest political club our nation’s executives can swing. The House and the...

John Weaver, an experienced GOP political operative and former top advisor to John McCain, says his party’s presidential field is “the...

Like all political parties who find themselves out of power, national Republicans officially began the search last night for their 2012...

I once heard Sherman Alexie, a gifted writer who also happens to be Native American, have some fun at the expense of those who maintain...

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn recently made their second trip to Cuba. Carter also went in 2002. Both trips,...

I’m not sure what to be more shocked about this morning: the breaking news that long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans may have to endure more...

If you’ve ever been to the ballpark in Baltimore – Oriole Park at Camden Yards – and loved it as I have, you have William Donald Schaefer...

The last time one of the two major parties nominated a real businessman for president was more than 70 years ago. It was 1940, the world...

Is There a Lesson Here? For the first time ever the United States Congress is acting to legislatively remove a species from the...

The late, great Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti once said one of the important things he learned by working on the inside of baseball...

Potentially one of the side benefits to come from the budget deal struck late Friday was the development of a modicum of trust among...

I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to travel a fair amount – Europe several times, South America, Canada – and after every trip...

When the shipyard electrician Lech Walesa led the trade union movement in Poland in the 1980’s, he and his movement – Solidarity – were...

More than any other of the games that command the attention of the dedicated sports fan, baseball is a game of memory. Memories of dads...

George Will has finally written what many Republicans are thinking: these folks aren’t ready for prime time. In his Sunday column, Will...