(SportsNetwork.com) – At 30-40 through 70 games, the Chicago Cubs can’t claim to be the best at very much. But a recently torrid stretch at Wrigley Field has made them the best home team in the major leagues since mid-May. Edwin Jackson takes the mound to try and keep that …

Mexico City, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Santos put together a late rally to claim a 4-2 second-leg win over Pachuca in the Liga MX semifinals, but the two sides finished 4-4 on aggregate with Pachuca advancing on away goals. The result sets up a place in the Clausura final for Pachuca …

Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – Johnny Cueto pitched into the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds grabbed a 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third game of a four-game set. Cueto (5-4) gave up five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts for the Reds, who have won three …

Last week was a bad week for America because it was a bad week for President Obama. West Wing politicos may not share that opinion. They seem to think any week during which the president makes a speech or holds a news conference is a good week: Americans get to …

First, the bad news. If you’re keeping score at home, another day passed with more slaughter of demonstrators in the streets of Syria without serious objection from the White House. The stalemate in Libya remained a stalemate and Jordan can’t get a handle on a new wave of protesters. Now, …

President Obama’s second Middle Eastern speech on Thursday was very different in tone and substance from his first in Cairo back in 2009. His first “new beginnings” speech was defensive, an effort to repair longstanding mistrust between the Arab Muslims and America. Now with the killing of Usama bin Laden …

When I heard that Jack LaLanne had passed away I started watching his old exercise shows and it was hard to stop. — It became obvious that if I followed his advice I could be stronger and live longer. Anything in life is possible if you make it happen, he …

Fifteen years ago this week, on Jan. 1, 1996, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz became regent and effective ruler of Saudi Arabia. His anniversary offers an opportunity to review the kingdom’s changes under his leadership and whither it now heads. His is perhaps the most unusual and opaque country on the planet, …

Read the June 27 Newsweek cover story, with a smiling Bill Clinton filling the cover and the headline “14 Ways to Save America’s Jobs,” and you will be reminded why and how Clinton began his first term as president with a $300 billion deficit and a stagnant economy emerging from …

Both of us have many acquaintances who discover late in their busy lives:”There must be more to it than this.” Who feel that Life is asking more of them, although they wrestle with what that might be. At night under the stars with the wind on their faces they sometimes …