Words everywhere. Words in laws passed by Congress, words in instructions for the devices that make our lives easier, words in novels and newspapers that edify us, words we use to convey our heartfelt sympathies, words we use to debate what course of action is good for our families and our country.

Ladies and gentlemen, Vicki Knauff has served as Highland County Historical Society executive director since 2014. She served on the HCHS Board of Trustees before that and was a longtime educator.

Winter is coming. That’s the brutal message delivered on Friday – after an abysmal jobs report and the NASDAQ 100 plunging into correction territory. Maybe these chill winds are a warning and not an actual harbinger of an imminent recession. But one has to take note when Warren Buffett sells off his favorites to pile up mountains of cash.

Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and others in top agency leadership positions wanted to destroy the cocaine discovered in the White House last summer, but the Secret Service Forensics Services Division and the Uniformed Division stood firm and rejected the push to dispose of the evidence, according to three sources in the Secret Service community.

My 2014 pilgrimage to Rome where the Pope lives and to Assisi where St. Francis lived had a profound effect on how I live. That visit brought into crystal clarity what God wants me to do. 

The Secret Service didn’t have a man, or womanpower problem, rather it had a bureaucracy problem: 7,500 employees to handle what used to be handled by many fewer vivifies the conceit of bureaucracies that effectiveness can be bought with a bigger head count. Harry Truman didn’t even employ a Secret Service.

From scandals to prosecution disasters to leadership ineffectiveness, Harris and Shapiro share an unmatched – if unfortunate – record that makes them the perfect pair. 

The reality is that the labor market is just cooling, expanding at a slower pace but not crashing. Most of the increase in the unemployment rate is due to a large increase in America’s workforce. And that’s a good thing.

House Bill 465 is a bill to create a tax credit for homeowners and renters whose property taxes or rent exceed a certain threshold in relation to income. This means that if you have high property taxes or rent in relation to your burden that you could be eligible for a new state tax credit.

This story is fiction, but it was inspired by a true tale, told to me by a friend. It goes something like this.

I proudly stand with Israel. I will continue doing so until Israel completes its mission to free the hostages, bring justice to the terrorists, and restore peace. That’s the best solution for Israelis. That’s the best solution for Palestinians. That’s the best solution, period.

Rioters defaced American monuments with pro-Hamas graffiti and took down and burned the American flag. Although the rioters regard Israel and America as criminally culpable for the Gaza carnage and Hamas as blameless, the facts say otherwise

Our founding fathers designed the Supreme Court to be a lifetime appointment for a reason: to protect it from political pressures and ensure that justices can make decisions based on the Constitution, not on the whims of current political trends and at the will of others.

I voted yes on the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), along with the vast majority of my Senate colleagues.

I hope that viewers come away understanding that Ronald Reagan truly was a compassionate man who cared about the American people and that Margaret was a compassionate woman who cared about the British people.