Opinion

Milk production in the U.S. is growing, benefiting from favorable weather, low feed prices, bigger cow herds, and increasing production per cow. This is good news. However, it hasn’t been good news for taxpayers. Large milk supplies are bringing down the price of milk. As a result, in August, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchased…

For the record, I told you so, Peter! In 2007, my British husband got a ticket for walking our dog Henry without a leash in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service made it impossible to pay the ticket. So, a newly minted citizen, Peter said he’d wait for his day in court. I told him…

The fact that the national debt jumped by $1.4 trillion in one short year should spur Congress to put an end to this excess. The debt hit a record-breaking high of $19.6 trillion at the close of the federal government’s 2016 fiscal year on Sept. 30. It had totaled $18.1 trillion at the end of…

Earlier this week, the White House announced with great fanfare that graduation rates across the nation have hit a record high of 83.2 percent. The most recent data show improved graduation rates across all reported student groups although significant achievement gaps remain for disadvantaged and minority students. Graduation rates have been steadily rising since 2011….