The pain of Hamas hostage families

WASHINGTON – “Good morning. I’m Kathryn, what’s your name?” It was a natural enough question – at that awkward part of a meeting where we knew the vaguest things about one another.I knew he had a family member being held by Hamas. He knew I cared enough to listen to him.I wanted to put him at ease.

Donald Trump is two presidents in one

Donald Trump is a singular figure in United States political history – an elitist at war with the country’s elite, a beneficiary of the American commercial system who is resentful of the institutions that created the nation’s economic power, a president who is reshaping American history despite his...

Economic development is critical

True economic development is not as easy as it sounds. There are a vast number of factors that go into getting a deal done and keeping everyone happy in the process.It’s certainly not easy. Think of it like a successful marriage where both partners are happy with their decision.

Elon Musk has a talking problem

Polls have repeatedly shown that majorities of voters support the work President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is doing to cut waste and fraud in federal spending.

Justice Coney Barrett is not a DEI hire

These days, political parody is next to impossible, because politics is so absurd. Case in point: This quote, “Amy Coney Barrett was a DEI appointee,” is from a post from someone on the right side of the political spectrum.

Courts to determine the extent of power

BROWNVILLE, Maine – “See you in court.” Those four mumbled words have set in motion more than 100 legal challenges that have been issued to fight the initiatives of the president’s first eight weeks in office.The provocation was issued by Janet Mills, the second-term Democratic governor of Maine.

Bad things in the air this past week

Ill winds were blowing through Clinton Tuesday. Yes, the wind howled and moaned what felt like never before. It made people question the idea of making sure they had enough weight in their pockets and made trash polycarts litter the streets.Power lines went down at the CHS Ag Barn.

Murphy plays leading role in response

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is one of the Democrats urging his party to more aggressively resist President Donald Trump across a broad range of issues. “Mr.

MAGA is fighting a war on free speech

In 1791, the nation’s founders ratified the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Where Dvorak found music in the air

SPILLVILLE, Iowa – Here, the fields of corn and soybeans go on forever, and here the road into town makes incongruous turns in a territory whose byways are defined by 90-degree angles.