Political and Sports Reporters: Different Beats, Same Problems

Events in the last month have revealed stunning displays of hypocrisy among the left and the right, demonstrating that both groups are now caricatures of themselves operating outside of reality.

Labor Day is that special day when we celebrate the laboring people of America, the men and women whose hard work and ever-increasing productivity have made ours the greatest economy the world has ever known.

Among all our national holidays, July 4th is the most historic, for this is when we mark the birth of our nation and celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago this year.

As the nation awaits the latest updates to the Dietary Guidelines, alcohol industry advocates are repeating claims from a scientific review that informed this government policy statement to suggest that moderate drinking is safe. The science, however, says otherwise.

The holidays this year will arrive in a joyful confluence. The national celebration of Christmas comes, of course, on December 25th. Hanukkah begins when the sun sets on Christmas Day, lasting until sundown on January 2nd. And Kwanzaa starts, as always, on the day after Christmas, continuing through January 1st.