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OP-ED: Fight or flee: A tale of two congresswomen

Marjorie Taylor Greene's early exit from Congress reveals that her tough-broad persona was very much an act. After she angered Donald Trump by demanding release of the Epstein files, she became the target of the slings, arrows and threats unleashed by the president and his enforcers. Her ...

OP-ED: Why Johnny can’t read

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...

EDITORIAL: The holidays give us reasons to celebrate, be thankful

It鈥檚 now so deeply enmeshed in our culture that almost everyone knows how the movie 鈥淚t鈥檚 A Wonderful Life鈥 unfolds, and how frustrated, dispirited and despondent George Bailey finds reasons to live and embrace the small town he had once longed to escape. The Christmas Eve where George ...

Trump鈥檚 comments on Reiners鈥 deaths out of line

In recent days, the country has been reminded again of how far our civic culture has deteriorated under the influence of Donald Trump. When conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was murdered, Democrats were accused of celebrating his death. In reality, those reactions came, if at all, from ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We鈥檙e in the home stretch of the 缅北禁地鈥檚 annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. It鈥檚 not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

LETTER: Invest in our future

Last month in an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News Donald Trump stated that America lacks a certain talent pool while he was defending his recent changes to the H-1B visa program. This particular visa is what allows domestic employers to hire skilled professionals for temporary periods ...