Opinion

Happy Birthday, America Happy birthday, America.   I always look forward to the Fourth of July celebrations and festivities, including...

By Stephen Smoot My wife and both sides of her family hail from New York City.  Her father’s family was...

First Published on 06/24/2025 I’m glad I trimmed Big House’s front yard’s bangs yesterday. Spent an hour or so wandering...

“When Cyrus entered Babylon in 539 B.C., the world was old,” wrote historian A. T. Olmstead in his History of...

Letter to the editor; A word of, I don’t know, encouragement, comfort, hope. I’m not saying the National Guard in...

By Stephen Smoot On April 17, 1861, newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln faced a nightmare scenario.   In the Washington...

We strive at the Public Service Commission to resolve complaints in the simplest, fairest, and most expedient manner possible, consistent...

First Published on 06/10/2015   Pap raised guinea pigs. Cute little animals, like rats or hamsters. I remember Pap telling...

Marxism sparked most of the worst mass murders of modern times, erased culture, defiled religion, and has served as a...

Shakespeare quotes aside, in the editorial supporting President Trumps first 100 days (This Is Going to Hurt, 5-7-25) the writer...