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National Columnists

Ukraine, Israel are targets in blame game

On Feb. 24, 2022, 190,000 Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Two years later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, “We did not start this war in 2022.” On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists crossed from Gaza into Israel and murdered over 1,200 civilians, many of whom had been attending a ...

Retroactive oil taxes just to grab your money

Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity by taxing the past. New York’s new law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the ...

Europe wrongly blames Trump for its latest crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron is leading the European Union’s latest panic-buying spree. Only this time, instead of toilet paper, they’re looking to stockpile weapons. Same irrational impulse. Naturally, Macron is blaming U.S. President Donald Trump (suddenly) and Russian President ...

How freedom movement became welfare movement

The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted at the president. When he refused to desist, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. Two days later, in a ...

Foundation helps fill workforce need

Alex Bambino, 21, is the son of two educators. He’s busy working, welding a piece of material that will be used on a heavily armored military vehicle when finished. Despite two college-educated parents, who teach at the local Cambrian County schools, he wanted nothing to do with college ...

Can Donald Trump win what is called trade war?

President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the “honeymoon” a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He’s fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year’s campaign. He’s even started what critics call a trade war. Every week, the White ...