The first thing to be said about price and wage fixing is that it is harmful at any time and under any conditions. It is a giant step toward a dictated, regimented and authoritarian economy.

Creating a Shadow Response Group will require a new mindset in Washington and in NATO. Passivity will be out. The new mindset will be aggressive and proactive, not to stimulate a hot war but to prevent it.

Ever listened to two people or two groups argue? Both opponents believe there is only one real truth – MINE!  

In my opinion, Greenfield is the greatest rural American small town to exist. It is time to come together as a great community.

The precise role of the civil lawsuit in a free society governed by the rule of law often escapes our attention. Though lawsuits can hassle, entangle, and even impoverish the parties caught up in them, their exact function is noble: Civil suits are the mechanism for enforcing a set of communal rules about fairness and prosocial behavior.

Farmers especially feel the weight of higher costs and interest rates. While input costs have risen, market prices have stumbled. With corn hovering at $4 and soybeans at $9, the Department of Agriculture projects farm income will be down 6.8 percent compared to last year.

Small acts of love and kindness can mean so much. They can brighten another's life in ways you may not know. And most importantly, they make God happy.

Last month, I traveled to the Middle East, where I had the honor of meeting with heads of state and other leaders from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel to learn more about the ongoing conflicts caused by Iran’s proxies and discuss mutual objectives to peace and security in the region.

Harris once held the distinction of having the most liberal voting record in the Senate. If Harris does manage to win the White House, Walz will almost certainly become the most liberal vice president in U.S. history. In that sense, he and Harris make a fitting pair.

Citizenship entails the responsibilities we owe to our families, our neighbors and our fellow citizens throughout the country. It requires that we practice certain civic virtues, made possible by a certain kind of intellectual formation that allows us to participate in shared endeavors with one another, regardless of our vocation or status.

Re-anchoring facts as the foundation of our debates could be democracy’s savior.

They live up on the hill, across the rock wall from the cabin. It seems that the creek valley is not only the perfect place for Greg and me to call home, but also for a community of crows. I have come to consider them our neighbors and just as we did with our neighbors in the city, we often stop to talk with each other, not across our yards, but through the woods.

One can certainly argue that Trump should not be president of the United States. But, in a healthy democracy, such assertions must be based on evidence, not deranged claims. If he truly is beyond the pale, it should be easy to make the case without recourse to hateful fabrications.

As this election season comes to an end, I want to thank the publisher and especially you, the readers, for encouraging me as I have expressed my opinions.

“Mr. Harris’ work is more unashamedly Marxist than anything in modern American politics,” The Economist magazine recently editorialized. Following in her father’s footsteps, Kamala studied economics at Howard University in a program founded by black Marxist scholar Abram Lincoln Harris Jr., who argued that capitalism was morally bankrupt.