The majority of Americans approve of the way President-elect Donald Trump is handling the presidential transition, according to a new poll.

For many years now, I have written quite a bit about the past, particularly about the past in Highland County. I’ve written about those who walked where we walk today, ancestors and forerunners who have been gone for so long.

State and national officials lauded former President Jimmy Carter for his public service after learning of his death Sunday afternoon at the age of 100.

Write this Bible verse down on paper and tape it to your refrigerator, "Cast your cares on the Lord, and He will sustain you.” (Psalm 55:22.)

Trump has made it clear he wants to realign U.S. energy policy toward cheap, abundant energy and away from expensive, emerging renewable sources, many of which rely on government subsidies.

The headline to this column is attributed to the late Sen. Everett Dirksen of Illinois around 1968. It would need to be updated today, unless you are a farmer.

There are places I remember that have changed forever. Places I used to frequent, places I dearly enjoyed, where the open doors have closed and locked for various reasons. When you’re young and you have a key, it’s easy to take the open doors and the people for granted. Of course, you’re not trying to take these people and things for granted, and you didn’t think you were taking them for granted.

Particularly concerning Israel, prominent journalists, professors, diplomats, jurists and international organizations – to say nothing of numerous ignorant students on America’s elite campuses – disregard the balancing test central to the international laws of war.

Since government and pharmaceutical companies lied about the COVID vaccine, are they also lying about other vaccines? Skepticism has now spread to tried-and-true vaccines that are proven to work.

In many sectors along the Western Front during World War I, troops spontaneously stopped fighting at Christmas and enjoyed a brief but welcome respite from the horrors of war. Such moments of humanity were largely lacking from World War II. But one notable exception occurred during the Battle of the Bulge, when seven young soldiers were spared from the fighting on Christmas Eve.

For my family, Christmas is about marking the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. His humble arrival in a manger brought hope and healing to our broken world.

There is only one Christmas that is important – the first one, in a cow shed. Now known the world over, but not always for the right reason. As you celebrate this season, remember the real reason.

One reason we are able to enjoy this season so much is because we live in a great and free country. But that freedom has never been guaranteed, not at our nation’s founding or even today. It comes at an incredibly high price that none of us can take for granted.

We are all equal in importance to God because we are created in His image. God does not make junk.

More than 100 years ago, on Christmas Eve, one of the more extraordinary events of the 20th century occurred on the battlefields of Western Europe, during the early days of World War I.