08.03.2025 Editorials Editorial: Midsummer dreaming The Dog Days of Summer descended on us July 3 and will last the Biblical length of 40 days, or until Aug. 11. Why Dog Days? Some have said...
07.27.2025 Editorials Editorial: When leaders lead, there’s cause for applause “Government isn’t the solution to the problem, government is the problem.” So said President Ronald Reagan, a man who could always break serious issues down to a pithy phrase that resonated...
07.13.2025 Editorials Editorial: Ignoring the facts The United States has taken a U-turn away from producing clean, sustainable energy and back to a near-total focus on burning fossil fuels. The vehicle for this return to...
07.04.2025 Editorials Editorial: Independence Day 2025 On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation: “All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real...
06.29.2025 Editorials Editorial: Those damn kids Young people are materialistic, in love with luxury, have atrocious manners, no respect for others, are self-absorbed and obsessed with chatter. The mini-rant above, was an opinion Socrates had...
06.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
05.26.2025 Editorials Editorial: Our duty to remember Our editorial pages applauded President Donald Trump’s move, during his first term, to extricate U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan. And we applauded President Joe Biden for making the policy...
04.27.2025 Editorials Editorial: Lend a hand to support our local libraries With so much attention focused on the noisier disruptions happening at the federal level — from tariff turmoil to teetering T-bills — it’s easy to overlook some of the...