As we look back on the last year and a half during the pandemic, it’s easy yet disheartening to see what a uniquely challenging time this has been for students and teachers. According to a rec…

The question comes up constantly in everyday conversation: “What’s happening to our country?” For many Americans, that’s becoming a very real concern – a nagging feeling we can’t shake – reinf…

2Going back to the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, the party of first-term presidents gained seats in House midterm congressional elections only twice.

Thanks to Rep. Joe Wilson for his column taking a strong stand against illegal immigration, "Biden policies endanger American famiies" (Oct. 1). Doubtless, illegal immigration on our Southern …

I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and so bogged down in hate. My oldest son was a year old on Sept. 11, 2001.…

The Census Bureau has just issued its latest annual report, "Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020," and American Enterprise Institute economist and blogger Mark Perry has extracted an…

This week, our elected representatives in the United States Congress are putting the finishing touches on legislation that, if passed into law, would change the lives of every American.

Will America survive? Will the earth survive? We, Americans – we, humans – are going through some pretty rough times. The human race has gone through tough times before, and it has survived an…

For weeks, national media floated ominous predictions that last Saturday’s planned, permitted rally in Washington, D.C., intended to call attention to our government’s extraordinarily harsh tr…

I’m writing this late in the evening on Sept. 11, 2021, as I sift through the jumble of emotions evoked in the past 24 hours.

Plumbers make sure that their piping repairs are leak-tight by testing them under pressure. Engineers pressure test vital nuclear plant systems to ensure public safety. And in everyday life we…

As you climb the wide, well-worn steps to the U.S. Naval Academy’s magnificent Memorial Hall, the first thing you see is Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s famous battle flag emblazoned with the …

Without a doubt, the best way for the U.S. to end wars is not to start them. Our withdrawal from Afghanistan is the huge news of the day/week/month. But, there are also the COVID-19 pandemic, …

We’ve all been there. Every driver knows, most through unpleasant experience, that the surefire way to ruin your day is to be in an auto accident.

Most past articles in this column have focused on litter issues. While that remains a major concern, today’s topic will highlight educational outreach efforts. With the onset of school this we…

When we lived in rural England, my wife Peggy and I enjoyed attending local farm-country events. A favorite was the sheep-herding competitions.

The enabling tool of what we call "cancel culture" or "wokeness" is language.

I don't know how many people have been watching the 2020 Olympic Games now taking place in Tokyo, Japan, but I hope everyone has been watching at least some of the events. The Olympics were su…

President Biden’s latest executive order calls for 50% of all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. in 2030 to be “zero-emission.” Credit Biden for a push in the right direction – clearly, we…

In May, the Supreme Court put abortion on the docket for its upcoming session by agreeing to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Today, millions of Americans are back on the road again enjoying their summer holidays.

Ben & Jerry's, noted for its ice cream made from "contented cows," has produced not such contented consumers in many circles following its announcement to stop selling its ice cream in Isr…

In 1787, when our constitution was under construction in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin was asked “what kind of government will we have?” His answer was “A republic – if we can keep it.”

Since the new wave of race consciousness that has been sweeping our country, precipitated by the graphic video of the killing of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin, something very st…

In a move consistent with the Biden administration’s walk back of former President Donald Trump’s tougher immigration actions and guidelines, the Department of Homeland Security announced it w…

It’s very simple. We have a serious problem, a hyper-contagious disease that is taking lives and destroying livelihoods worldwide; and we have a solution, vaccines proven to be extraordinarily…

The Poor People's Campaign has announced a "season of nonviolent, moral direct action," targeting the U.S. Senate with disruptive activities every Monday through Aug 2.

While writing this column, I felt like the little Dutch boy must have felt putting his finger into a hole in the dike to prevent Holland from flooding; it was a mission impossible. There were …

It is one of the unfortunate ironies coming out of the Biden administration that, with all the obsession about so-called equity, policies they are putting forth will only hurt the very low-inc…

Everyone likes to eat.

As we celebrate Independence Day, millions of Americans wonder if we’re witnessing first-hand democracy’s end, and our historic, sovereign nation’s slow but steady dissolution.