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    Opinions Jim Thompson 26 September 2026

    Potpourri 

    The Democrats have managed to gather all sorts of characters under their tent, all not good for the overall health of the country. Democratic Socialists, Muslims, Abolitionist Movement (seeks to replace or substantially dismantle existing systems of policing, prisons and incarceration), Green New Deal activists, and anti-capitalists activists.  
  • Opinions Rory Ryan 26 September 2026
    In the name of God, just work together
    Sometimes, a little common sense and cooperation ought to prevail. I like to think that it used to. For those keeping up with the Sonner Chapel saga in East Danville – or suburban Winkle – if you prefer, it seems to me that a little cooperation could resolve the matter in a day or two.
  • Opinions 24 September 2026
    Panelists debate future of U.S. electricity markets amid rising demand
    The American Enterprise Institute’s virtual roundtable examined the advantages and shortcomings of the economic and regulatory models that have delivered the nation's electricity industry for decades.
  • Opinions 24 September 2026
    GOP lawmakers push to designate CAIR as a foreign terrorist organization
    Several key Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that promotes Muslim rights, as a foreign terrorist organization, with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calling for an FTO designation last week. 
  • Opinions 23 September 2026
    '60 Minutes' airs misleading report on Trump pardons
    During his final hours in office, President Bill Clinton signed a flurry of pardons that led to a years-long scandal that found his own brother, Roger Clinton, had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby for pardons, as did brothers of first lady Hillary Clinton and an attorney who worked on her Senate campaign that year. 
  • Opinions 23 September 2026
    Bobby Kennedy keeps me in the Trump column
    Flawed or not, Donald Trump is the perfect leader for our time.
  • Opinions Fr. Mike Paraniuk 22 September 2026
    A sermon on Philippians 2:6-7
    God loves us so much He sent to earth His Son Jesus who emptied out all the glory of His Divinity and took on the limitations of a human.
  • Opinions 22 September 2026
    The mother of the SAVE Act
    The SAVE Act has passed the House four times but has stalled in the Senate, where Republican leaders say they do not have the votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster – or, as President Trump has urged, get rid of the filibuster.
  • Opinions 21 September 2026
    Control of Senate might hinge on liberal Muslim in Michigan
    Democratic hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm elections are heavily dependent on retaining an open seat in Michigan.
  • Opinions 21 September 2026
    Targeting fraud
    The U.S. Government Accountability Office reported the federal government loses an estimated $233 billion to $521 billion annually to fraud. Fraud robs taxpayers and weakens confidence in federal programs. We must be vigilant in closing gaps in fraud prevention.
  • Opinions 21 September 2026
    Everyday Economics: Fed is betting the economy can absorb higher rates
    The Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week for the first time since 2023, lifting its target range by a quarter point to 3.75%–4.00%. The vote was unanimous. Before the meeting, I had two questions. We now have answers.
  • Opinions Christine Tailer 20 September 2026
    Life
    I remember the day that the large downtown cathedral was filled to overflowing. He had written his own eulogy for his son to read. He spoke to us, through his son, who stood in the pulpit, his father's words on a piece of paper before him. Those words still live in my heart.
  • Opinions 20 September 2026
    Panel: Congress has power to buck SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling
    As the Trump administration continues to pursue ways to quell “birth tourism,” legal scholars are probing potential actions Congress could take to rewrite the common interpretation of the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause.
  • Opinions Dr. Andy Bowman 19 September 2026
    To everything there is a season
    Today I am writing my final column. My goodbye to you as the author of CoffeeTime Column. My own life has evolved in the last year, and I am now in a different world of family responsibilities, a new job and learning to navigate life where God has placed me. 
  • Opinions Jim Thompson 18 September 2026
    A calendar of crises
    I got to thinking about happenings over my fairly long life and concluded there has always been a crisis.  
  • Opinions 18 September 2026
    New Jersey doesn’t care about welfare fraud – like most blue states
    By now, everyone in America knows that New Jersey just found 6,600 noncitizens who were illegally registered to vote. About 400 of them illegally cast ballots. But New Jersey has an even worse fraud problem in its welfare programs. New findings prove it.
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