Mark Sanford with his fiancée, Maria Belen Chapur, after winning the GOP nomination for the U.S. House seat he once held.

Signs and Wonders: Will voters continue to forgive Mark Sanford’s trespasses?

Newsworthy |  Sanford Agonistes. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford keeps getting covered by messes of his own making. This time around, his ex-wife, Jenny, has…

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Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez looks on as the Braves defeat the Washington Nationals Sunday.

Signs and Wonders: Baseball on the field and in the theaters

Newsworthy |  Braves blowout. That baseball is the greatest game ever devised by mankind is, of course, a settled truth. Recent surveys show that those who doubt this truth…

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A trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday.

Dollars and Sense: Could the Dow reach 16,000, or even 17,000 by year’s end?

Money |  Earnings season. We’ve entered earnings season for the markets, as we do each quarter, and the news so far this week has been upbeat. Alcoa is a huge…

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Rick Santorum

Signs and Wonders: Santorum warns GOP not to cave

Newsworthy |  Homosexual marriage trendy. Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum said this week that homosexual marriage is a trendy issue and that Republicans should…

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President Obama and acting budget director Jeff Zientsat the budget announcement Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden.

Signs and Wonders: Obama presents a budget even a Republican can love

Newsworthy |  Finally, a budget. President Barack Obama rolls out his fiscal 2014 budget plan today, and the White House says Republicans will like what they see. Some…

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Jeremy Irons

Signs and Wonders: Actor Jeremy Irons on gay marriage’s slippery slope

Newsworthy |  Irons sharpening irony. We saw another chapter in the continuing story of “modern McCarthyism” unfold last week. Actor Jeremy Irons expressed some…

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A trader rushes across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Dollars and Sense: A calm week ends with a storm

Money |  Calm before the storm. We almost got out of this week with no drama. The U.S. stock markets spent most of the week at or near record levels. Cyprus seems to…

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Hillary Clinton

Signs and Wonders: Are you ready for Hillary?

Newsworthy |  Ready for Hillary? High-profile members of both political parties are already jockeying for position for the 2016 presidential campaign. Democratic strategist…

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Up from the ashes

Money |  Angel Food Ministries disappeared amid corruption, but a smaller and leaner ministry is taking its place

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Mark Sanford

Signs and Wonders: South Carolina voters give Sanford second chance

Newsworthy |  Carolina comeback. Former congressman and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is proving that in America there are second chances. In a special election…

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President Obama and the Rev. Dr. Luis Leon following yesterday's Easter service at St. John's Church.

Signs and Wonders: Politics from the pulpit for the president this Easter

Newsworthy |  Politicizing Easter. President Barack Obama attended Easter services at St. John’s Church, a liberal Episcopal church near the White House, and heard a…

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Protesters during an anti-bailout rally at the European Union house in Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday.

Dollars and Sense: How little Cyprus had a big effect on the world’s economy

Money |  Why Cyprus? Who would have thought a month ago that the tiny nation of Cyprus would be dominating the economic news in the way it has these past couple of…

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