Equivocation in Iran may backfire

Reports about a U.S.-Iran peace deal have been served up in recent days as a tasting menu. Instead, it increasingly seems like a palate cleanser.Donald Trump suggested a deal was impending. Iran said much the same. Now it seems less an agreement than an “understanding.” The U.S.

Time moves along at its own pace

If anyone out there is a true control freak – bad news friend, because there’s no true way to lasso and wrangle the concept of time into submission. It’s a losing proposition or pursuit.Time will move along at its own pace and with it comes joy and sorrow, elation and heartbreak.

UNC-Chapel Hill turns to Church

When addressing the 2026 graduates of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, country music star Eric Church used words rarely heard in secular campus rites, such as “faith,” “family,” “grace” and “soul.

Learning something valuable

It was 1959, and I was a senior in high school, hanging out at the Jewish Community Center in my hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, when I ran into the older brother of a girl I knew. His name was Barney Frank, a student at Harvard, and the next few minutes changed my entire life.

Breaking out the birthday candles

Two big birthdays are on tap in the coming months – the 100th birthday of Rt. 66 and the 250th celebration of the Declaration of Independence. Both rightfully mean a lot to the citizens of Clinton, the state of Oklahoma, and this wonderful country itself.The Oklahoma Rt.

Angels, demons and UFO questions

For centuries, stargazers of many kinds have debated the meaning of unidentified objects in the heavens and encounters with mysterious beings on earth.“Each new discovery, even every new theory, is held at first to have the most wide-reaching theological and philosophical consequences.

Political beliefs put wedge in friendship

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently discovered that a new friend of mine has a different political opinion than I do.Since then, I have stopped reaching out and asking to hang out. The other day, she confronted me to ask why I’ve been distant.

Case for conservation in conservatism

PARSONS, West Virginia – Under a canopy of red and sugar maple, yellow poplar and sweet birch trees sits a colorful vernal riot of wildflowers like Canada violet, phlox and Solomon’s seal – and a case study of a modern collision of two of the hardiest ideological perennials on the political...

Asking ‘more’ from Class of 2026

Every so often there are milestone moments in a person’s life. Getting a driver’s license, that first kiss, or having a child come to mind. One on the calendar of noted events is graduation.It feels like it will never get here, as the days drag on in the classroom. Then “Boom!” It’s finally here.

Soaring Orthodox crosses West Virginia

There is nothing unusual about turning a corner in West Virginia’s maze of rough mountain roads and seeing churches with plain white walls and big porches.