Whether it’s a group of employees, members of a team or the industry members that make up a trade association, there’s a collective desire to put one’s best foot forward. No one wants to see the so-called “bad egg” bring everyone else down with it.

Everything old is new again. The corruptocracy of the Obama administration is back with a vengeance in the White House. Once more, the “S” in “DHS” stands not for security — but for sleaze. Our nation is back for sale to the highest foreign bidders and their “America last” cronies.

The acceleration of vaccinations for COVID-19 means — we hope — that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will soon lessen.

It’s an old political trick to make an easily achievable goal sound vauntingly ambitious in order to brag about it when it’s inevitably met.

Perhaps he didn’t mean it after all.

It’s not often that you can watch a major event playing out on the national stage and predict with certainty how it will end, but recently I had two.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its long-awaited road map for getting students back to classrooms amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled.

As the country slowly opens up again from the pandemic, those who value attending church regularly might want to consider returning to services — if they haven’t done so already.

Isn’t it interesting how certain things can stick in one’s mind still so clear that details remain forever etched in a person’s main memory bank — John Glenn’s launch into space on Feb. 20, 1962; JFK’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963; Neil Armstrong’s setting foot on the moon on July 21, 1969…

The Norfolk Family YMCA is a showcase for the community, which includes the new field house, new gyms and other aspects of the $13.7 million expansion and renovation. Last weekend’s annual youth basketball tournament is one of many events where the new facilities are put to extensive use.

When faced with a crisis, our physiological response is to fight or flee. This is the automatic response because for millions of years, it gave us a better chance of living until tomorrow. If faced with a mortal enemy, that is the best response. But rarely are we faced with a mortal enemy th…

Comedian-actress Sarah Silverman isn’t someone we usually would turn to in trying to make a point about the double standards that exist today in this world of political correctness. She’s outspoken, frequently profane and unabashedly liberal.

Alexei Navalny is what we need — but no longer have — in the United States: A political hero.

The opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in this corner of the state had to have been pleased by President Joe Biden’s first-day-in-office decision to block the long-delayed project by withdrawing the federal government’s approval previously given by then-President Donald Trump.

It’s not right.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki was precise and pointed as she dismissed efforts by 10 Republican senators to forge a compromise with President Biden on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

After losing a national election, it’s natural that a political party goes through a period of soul-searching and internal turmoil.