• Opinions 26 April 2024

    Secret Service scuffle prompts DEI, vetting scrutiny

    Following the incident, Secret Service agents and officers are privately questioning the hiring process and whether the agency had adequately screened Herczeg’s background. Some also wonder whether her hire was part of a diversity, equity and inclusion push in response to years of staff shortages that may have required the agency to lower its once-strict employment standards and physical performance to reach quotas for female agents and officers.
  • Opinions 25 April 2024
    Why I voted for full impeachment trial for Mayorkas
    By refusing to fulfill their solemn obligation, my Democratic colleagues shamefully put politics over our Republic. They failed to exercise the impeachment trial authority granted to the Senate in our U.S. Constitution. This sets a terrible precedent for future generations.
  • Opinions 25 April 2024
    Becoming the first Native American Appropriations Committee chairman
    On April 10, I was ratified by the House Republican Conference as the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee – but not only did I just become the new chairman, I also became the first Native American to ever chair this Committee.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 25 April 2024
    Exhausted wings bring on clipped wings
    Too much constant physical or mental work, with no relaxation for your body and brain, can bring on serious exhaustion. And that kind of tired, with no time for recuperating, is dangerous for you. You run the risk of pushing too far over the edge, which can easily mean that you end up being grounded for a while.
  • Opinions 24 April 2024
    Earth Day 2024: How plastic can the enviros get?
    April 22 was Earth Day 2024, an annual exercise in self-applause that always is too much fun because of the inanities, hypocrisies, mendacities and sheer stupidity of the Earth Day slogans, arguments, propaganda and exhortations.
  • Opinions 24 April 2024
    We must stand firm against aggression
    I will not stand by while the Biden Administration continues to show weakness on the world stage. I will continue working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance comprehensive policies to prioritize the security of the U.S. and our allies.
  • Opinions 24 April 2024
    Biden's economic-growth-stifling budget proposals
    Economists agree that a tax increase on American businesses will be passed on to working families in the form of higher prices and lower wages.
  • Opinions 23 April 2024
    We must support – not vilify –  American energy producers
    From canceling pipelines to banning LNG exports, the Biden Administration believes that caving to whims of climate activists and billionaire donors will make the world a better place. This couldn’t be any farther from the truth.
  • Opinions 23 April 2024
    A disgraceful impeachment process
    Since the founding of our nation over two centuries ago, the House of Representatives has sent impeachment articles to the Senate 21 times. The Senate scheduled a trial for every single case, unless the officer resigned prior to the trial. Every case, that is, until last week. 
  • Opinions Fr. Mike Paraniuk 23 April 2024
    First Communion Sermon
    Before my First Communion in 1957, I asked my parents if I could do something that surprised them. I wanted Mom and Dad to walk me to the Communion Rail, which was expected. But then I asked the unexpected. "Can I have Uncle Joe walk us, too?" 
  • Opinions 23 April 2024
    The intifada comes to America; now what?
    Welcome to the global intifada, yet another disastrous result of the Biden administration’s porous border and feckless foreign policy.
  • Opinions 23 April 2024
    Senate GOP must seize opportunity to expand Trump tax cuts
    While Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo and some colleagues have raised objections about provisions of the bill that would expand the Child Tax Credit, Crapo and other GOP senators need to keep sight of the significance of this measure in a larger fight.
  • Opinions Letters to Editor 22 April 2024
    Highland County Homeless Shelter seeks contributions for annual fundraising campaign
    The Highland County Homeless Shelter has been proudly serving the community for 20 years. We continue to strive to expand our programs and offerings to the community. We write to ask you to support our organization in 2024 with a monetary donation to our annual fundraising campaign. 
  • Opinions 22 April 2024
    A beleaguered gentleman: House Speaker Mike Johnson
    “You assume risk when you take this job. We don’t back away from risk. I’m going to do the right thing,” Speaker Johnson says as storm clouds – literal ones, not just the political variety – roll in. Financing a land war wasn’t “some minor measure on tax policy. It instead has “implications for the entire world.” After all, the speaker continues, “What is popular isn’t always right; what’s right isn’t always popular.”
  • Opinions 22 April 2024
    Border bill would keep invasion going
    The amendment would legalize border chaos by allowing up to 5,000 illegal entries per day, potentially 1.85 million illegal aliens annually, before border closure is required. The border closure guidelines are time-limited, however, and the untrustworthy Biden and Mayorkas have the discretion to determine how and when to use the authority provided. 
  • Opinions Christine Tailer 22 April 2024
    Bird words
    I have always loved birds. When I was a city child, pigeons were really the only birds I knew. I loved to watch them gather on the park paths, but mostly I remember how special it was to visit them at the rooftop home of the pigeon man.
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