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National Columnists

Farm work puts life into perspective

Hard work, passion, virtue and true grit earmark the American heartland. Anecdotes, generation-spanning farm families and crop innovations speak volumes. They are all children of agriculture. Farming teaches faith in God, food cultivation, animal husbandry, the value of love, the richness of ...

Needed: Regime change in Iran

Every approach to curtailing Iran from its threats and behavior toward Israel and other countries has failed. In 2023, the Biden administration imposed sanctions on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials accused of planning assassinations overseas. In 2024, it “reapproved a sanctions ...

Still have plenty to say after year of column

My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing this column is the second. I’ve been at it since last April, and that first anniversary has put me in a reflective mood. Last year, I worried about coming up with a topic. I have five ...

Government wants to control how we drive

Soon the government might shut down your car. President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure gives bureaucrats that power. You probably didn’t hear about the requirement that by 2026, every American car must “monitor” the driver, determine if he is impaired and, if so, “limit vehicle ...

US support proving unreliable, inadequate

After Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on Israel Saturday, President Biden reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win.” Most of the weapons, the first Iran had ever fired on Israel from its own territory, were successfully ...

Biden backs down for his reelection efforts

This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran — a radical Shariah theocracy hell-bent on the destruction of Israel and Saudi Arabia, among others — fired some 300 drones and missiles at the State of Israel. This is, definitionally, an act of war. Iran claimed that it had attacked Israel in ...