Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the Ukrainian state was in jeopardy, and he knew just who to blame — the Ukrainians themselves, or at least the democratically elected Ukrainian leaders who have pushed poor Vlad into sending his troops into their country, and refuse to ...

If anyone thought baseball owners and players would gain some wisdom this week and come to an agreement that would allow the season to start on time, they don’t understand the history of sports labor negotiations. Talks broke off on Tuesday, the owners’ deadline for ending their player ...

We’re not sure how Vladimir Putin intended his invasion of Ukraine to go, or what plans he had for the country are, if the invasion is successful. But we doubt the current situation is what he had in mind. Putin no doubt expected the Russian military might would steamroll over the Ukrainian ...

Minnesota’s latest state economic forecast shows the state’s whopper of a surplus is getting even more whopping — instead of $7.7 billion, it could be as much as $9.25 billion. But at this point the state budget forecast is, as the old saying goes, counting chickens before the eggs ...

“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” — John F. Kennedy Right now, the Ukrainian people are paying the high price for their freedom. Fathers and husbands are sending ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, taking his country back toward the halcyon days of the old Soviet Union when Moscow controlled wide swaths of territory, from the Baltic Sea to the Chinese border, and countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and East Germany looked to ...