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Beltrán, Jones, Kent pay tribute to home, family

COOPERSTOWN — Puerto Rico and Curaçao may be small islands, but the support they showed was massive as elite center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before ...

Koivun wins 3M Open in 3rd pro start

BLAINE, Minn. — Jackson Koivun felt the nerves but never flinched, securing his first PGA Tour win in the face of a strong finish by the world's top-ranked player and clear fan favorite in Scottie Scheffler. Koivun won the 3M Open by three strokes Sunday in only his third start as a ...

Pogacar captures record-equaling fifth Tour de France title

PARIS — Tadej Pogacar confirmed his status as one of cycling's all-time greats after winning a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title in emphatic style. Daring mountain attacks from deep, multiple stage wins and an ice-cool temperament all helped the 27-year-old Slovenian seal his ...

Who are our domestic enemies?

The oath is a familiar one. The president and vice president take it, as do members of Congress and many other high government officials. It requires the oath taker to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” We can identify many of America’s foreign enemies, but what about domestic ones? Now that the Democratic Socialists of America have published their platform, it appears they would qualify as a domestic enemy of the Constitution. If they achieved power they would, to quote the stated goal of former President Barack Obama, “fundamentally ...

War or Peace

"We are doomed and our leaders are insane." So wrote journalist Matt Taibbi recently. Taibbi didn't respond to our request for an interview, but he raises issues that deserve debate. So my new video is based on his column. "Not one of our presidents ..." Taibbi writes, "can resist starting wars." When the Soviet Union fell, President Bill Clinton said, "The Cold War is over; we must secure the peace." A few years later, he and NATO launched airstrikes against Serbian forces. Clinton got the U.S. involved in conflicts in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. President George ...

LeBron picks Philadelphia as his final challenge

Those NBA schedule-makers who have been stuck in limbo can go ahead and hit overdrive now. LeBron James might have made their work pretty simple. Opening night, go ahead and expect Philadelphia at New York. Christmas Day, go ahead and expect Philadelphia on the schedule. National television ...