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Taco trucks, yoga and our mixed messages about America’s melting pot

May 11, 2019 at 3:35 a.m.

The prediction was supposed to sound ominous. But to many listeners, it just sounded delicious. "My culture is a very dominant culture, and it's imposing and it's causing problems," warned...

The only immigration solution

May 11, 2019 at 3:34 a.m.

The one great service of Donald Trump's extended peregrinations on immigration policy is to have demonstrated how, in the end, there's only one place to go. You can rail for...

Interior of the common area at 444 Social in Lincolnshire, Ill.

The appeal of McMansions is shrinking nationwide

May 20, 2019 at 8:18 a.m.

Goodbye big fat McMansions. Your boom time is over. Hello townhouses and smaller homes — you're where the action is headed. Reversing years of ballooning home sizes aimed at upper-bracket...

Russian President Vladimir Putin travels in a helicopter on August 26, 2016.

Should we be bracing ourselves for a Putin-sponsored October surprise?

May 11, 2019 at 3:34 a.m.

The Russians have just given us an August glimpse of a potential October surprise. We learned earlier this summer that cyberhackers widely believed to be tied to the Kremlin have...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Aug. 25, 2016, in Manchester, N.H.

Front-row seats for the GOP’s Trumpian nosedive

May 11, 2019 at 3:34 a.m.

Donald Trump. Would that it were unnecessary to mention his name except, say, as a Viagra pitchman. Despite such casting perfection, this isn't intended as a personal metaphor for the...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign event at Truckee Meadows Community College, in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.

Explaining the bribery standard — again — to Clinton defenders

May 11, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

Bernie Sanders never understood the epic quality of the Clinton scandals. In his first debate, he famously dismissed the email issue, it being beneath the dignity of a great revolutionary...

"Smart home" has become a buzzword that boosts appraisals and sales prices, but homebuyers want turnkey technology.

Buyers are willing to pay extra for ‘smart homes’

May 20, 2019 at 8:17 a.m.

Could "smart home" technology — features such as network-connected thermostats, security devices, appliances and lighting — help you sell your home faster and for more? Probably so, according to recent...

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein answers questions during a press conference at the National Press Club Aug. 23, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Is Jill Stein the Ralph Nader of 2016?

May 11, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential nominee, favors alternative energy — and she leads by example. On Tuesday, she burned one of her own supporters. Stein, making an appearance at...

A home for sale is shown in Roswell, Ga.

Millennials are walking away from homeownership. And that’s a good thing.

May 11, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

Millennial homeownership rates are way, way down. And believe it or not, that's probably a good thing. Across all age groups, the U.S. homeownership rate — at 62.9 percent —...

Promise you won’t faint? A nice piece about Donald Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

When my syndicate editor told me a few clients had been asking, Don't you have anyone over there who can write something positive about Donald Trump?, I thought, well, that...

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