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Decline in the number of homeless veterans is a sign of progress

鈥淥ne veteran experiencing homelessness will always be one too many,鈥 according to Denis McDonough, the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs.At the beginning of 2022, there were 33,136 homeless veterans in the United States, a report released last week found. Imagine Star Lake Amphitheater ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Across the coverage areas of the <em>缅北禁地, Observer-Reporter, Greene County Messenger</em> and <em>The Almanac</em>, churches, organizations and individuals came together ...

House popular vote majority produced few seats but good sign for GOP

One of the puzzles in this year鈥檚 surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election results is why the Republicans鈥 51% to 47% win in the popular vote for House of Representatives did not produce a majority bigger than the apparent 221-214 result. (All numbers here are subject ...

Holiday spending: Consumers say they plan to pull back this year

Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster holiday shopping season, but consumers burned by the highest inflation in a generation may have other ideas.Industry groups are predicting another record year of retail sales, with the National Retail Federation forecasting a jump of 6% to 8% ...

The FTX dog that didn’t bark

In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle鈥檚 famous Sherlock Holmes tale, 鈥淪ilver Blaze,鈥 the detective investigates the case of a murder of a horse trainer. At first, investigators presume that the murderer of the trainer must have been a stranger to him. But Holmes cracks the case with the revelation ...

After 2022 setback, GOP race for 2024 wide open

The 2022 midterm elections were, by any objective measure, tremendously disappointing for Republicans. As has already been discussed ad nauseam, the 鈥渞ed wave鈥 that so many 鈥 yours truly included 鈥 had predicted simply did not materialize. The reasons for that are numerous; no one ...