Tales from the Trail

I would wager that there are not many 11-year-old kids in this country who could tell you who General Gouverneur K. Warren was and what role he played in…

Most people who know me well know that I am not just a political junkie who has made a living for decades covering candidates and elections for newspapers…

Over the years, I have walked many a Civil War battlefield, from Gettysburg to Shiloh to Antietam; and, as I walk, I always stop and ponder the "witness…

Winter is upon us and, although I don't know about you, I am not one bit happy about it.How could anyone look forward to winter after struggling through…

It usually starts around Thanksgiving.My Facebook page and Twitter account light up with friends, near and far, demanding an answer to a single…

The older I get, the more likely it is that I wake up in the morning with aches and pains. I guess that's part of the deal.One of the most frequent,…

Will we know if Joe Biden will be the 46th POTUS on the night of the Nov. 3 election, or will Donald Trump be in place for another four years?Given the…

Covering politics for a living has always seemed to me to be a natural way to make a living, given how much I have been fascinated by the American…

Yes, I've covered politics for about 47 years now and people assume that explains why I may know a little bit about it.In fact, I can trace my education…

So, the back-to-back presidential nominating conventions scheduled for later this month are apparently going to be virtual, bare-boned affairs with none…