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Opinion

Almanac for Nov. 4, 2025

Local columns

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2025. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Also on ...

Prices keep rising, but White House calls it a victory

Editorial

Is “three” the new “two?” Consumer prices notched another 3% year-on-year increase in September, according to data published from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. No one in Washington seems bothered that this remains well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target. The headline ...

Almanac for Nov. 3, 2025

Local columns

Today is Monday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2025. There are 58 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what ...