The headline in Tuesday’s New York Times caught my attention: “The Debt Matters Again.” The article by German Lopez draws attention to the growing problem of the national debt, which […]
Opinion
Want to see Tom Bloom get mayo-ed?
As the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. And Mon County Commissioner Tom Bloom may just get his wish for $10,000 […]
Wriston must clarify interchange comment
Speaking of Tom Bloom — we’re joining him in calling on Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston to clarify comments he made about the Harmony Grove interchange and the $70 […]
2023 was the year I started believing in the horseshoe theory of politics
by Jonah Goldberg This is the season for columnists to offer some new idea that encapsulates the year that was. I got nothing. But 2023 was the year I finally […]
Sorry, haters. California is doing fine
There’s a neurotic need in the right-leaning media to declare that California is going down. The future belongs to Texas and Florida, where “woke” is a discouraging word — and […]
GOP, be honest about election interference
In recent weeks, Congress has stripped a senator of his committee chairmanship pending a bribery investigation, expelled a House member for egregious frauds and fired a staffer for making a […]
Patriotism can save us from nationalism
by Andreas Kluth It’s patriotism when love of your own people comes first; it’s nationalism when hate for people other than your own comes first. That definition comes from Charles […]
Looking back and looking forward
As one year ends and another begins, we hear predictions about the future, many of which have been proven wrong — from the end of the world due to climate […]
Trump doesn’t get a pass from federal felonies
It was no surprise that the U.S. Supreme Court turned down Special Counsel Jack Smith’s very unusual request to hear an appeal of a trial judge’s decision that Donald Trump […]
Who will be left to cover the Gaza war?
by Youssef Jajili In 2009, I covered the Gaza war known as Operation Cast Lead. International journalists, including myself, assembled in tents at El Arish crossing, on the Egyptian-Palestinian border, […]
