Opinion

By DENNIS GRUBAUGH    I’m not prone to violence, but I think I’d gladly smack the guy who programs the fake IRS calls I’ve been bombarded with lately.    The latest came, as if in bitter irony, the day the real Internal Revenue Service cashed my quarterly tax payment. Hours later, I got another in a string…

By ALAN J. ORTBALS    The nation got some good news last month when the U.S. Census Bureau reported that household incomes were up and the poverty rate was down.        And when you look back to see from whence we came, it’s truly impressive. Eight years ago the national economy was in free fall. We…