Stephanie Salter

Catholic priest with an expensive secret life

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By Stephanie Salter
CNHI News Service

The only thing missing is a gazebo-style hot tub.

That was my first thought after reading several news stories last week about a longtime Catholic priest in Waterbury, Conn., who has been charged with first-degree larceny for allegedly stealing about $1.3 million from his church and diocese.

Fact-challenged Republican criticizes President Obama

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By Stephanie Salter
CNHI News Service

We’ve got the Democrats on the run — and they are desperate. They will do or say anything to hold onto power.

— from a GOP fund-raising plea by Rep. John Boehner

These bugs must be the work of Dracula

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By Stephanie Salter
CNHI News Service

They move among us unseen, stalking victims in silence, using our very breath as a homing signal to guide them to what they desire most from every human being.

Our blood.

On-the-record remarks can wreck a career

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By Stephanie Salter
CNHI News Service

In David Simon’s incomparable television series, “The Wire,” a couple of episodes dealt with a radical self-rescue practice debated by two aging and disheartened cops on the Baltimore police force.

Just another angry, common man threatening a Congressman

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By Stephanie Salter
CNHI News Service

If you want a look inside a disturbing phenomenon, read the letter the FBI says a Michigan senior citizen has admitted sending to U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak.

The violent portions of the letter are written by a person who’s obviously gone off the rails. But the “voice” in which he howls throughout the two-page typed missive is a common one among a growing segment of Americans.

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