• Opinions 19 September 2023

    Voter registration charities: A massive, overlooked scandal

    Using tax forms, leaked documents, and leaked emails, the report shows how the scheme aimed to register over 5 million “non-white” voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, and Nevada; how it was developed through multiple drafts and edits into a highly sophisticated plan dubbed the Everybody Votes Campaign; and how that plan was eventually adopted by a super PAC tied to Sam Bankman-Fried that instructed billionaire donors to keep it completely secret since it was the most “cost-effective” method for “netting additional Democratic votes.”
  • Opinions Fr. Mike Paraniuk 19 September 2023
    A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16
    I believe all the problems in our country are spiritual. I define spirituality as loving God, loving neighbors and loving self. Once you eliminate the love for God, the other two loves will cease. I have met many people who are lonely and anxious. But once they let God into their life, I am amazed how their life changed for the better.
  • Opinions Steve Roush 18 September 2023
    History and education in those Highland County hills of yore, Part 12 
    Ladies and gentlemen, in December of 1860, the Rev. Joseph McDowell Mathews resigned his post as president of the Hillsborough Female College. He came to Hillsborough in 1827 to teach at a log school and later founded the Oakland Female Seminary in 1839.
  • Opinions 18 September 2023
    House directed to open impeachment inquiry into President Biden
    According to U.S. Treasury Department records that were turned over to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, President Biden’s family received millions of dollars in payments linked to a Chinese energy company. The financial records indicate transactions to the president’s son, Hunter Biden, brother, James Biden, daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, and a fourth unknown “Biden.” 
  • Opinions Christine Tailer 18 September 2023
    The chicken game
    My phone rang. The chicks had arrived. The post office wasn’t even open yet, but I knew to knock on the side door. I could hear their peeping. The smiling clerk handed the small carton, about the size of a shoe box. 
  • Opinions Jim Thompson 16 September 2023
    UNESCO in Ohio
    It was recently in the news that a number of ancient native American sites in Ohio are about to become part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO’s) World Heritage Sites.  
  • Opinions 16 September 2023
    Rural America needs the Farm Bill
    This legislation is about more than just growing food. It is about growing rural America.
  • Opinions 16 September 2023
    The climate dissent you're not hearing because it's muffled by top institutions
    As the Biden administration and governments worldwide make massive commitments to rapidly decarbonize the global economy, the persistent effort to silence climate change skeptics is intensifying – and the critics keep pushing back. 
  • Opinions 15 September 2023
    McClain: Americans are worse off one year after Inflation Reduction Act
    Not surprisingly, the Inflation Reduction Act has not delivered on its promises the Democrats claimed it would. Americans are still struggling under the weight of inflation. Americans are paying more for just about everything – groceries, rent, gas and energy.
  • Opinions 15 September 2023
    Growing maze of state, local laws challenging Biden's green energy push
    Laws passed in Ohio and Kansas in 2021 and 2022, respectively, give stronger input to towns and villages that are often the target of well-heeled power companies seeking to use rural land to construct large-scale renewable energy projects. 
  • Opinions 15 September 2023
    Our Constitution: An inspiration for the ages
    The Constitution places constraints on the government, not on the people. We care for the Constitution because it derives its existence from, and answers to us, “We, the people.”
  • Opinions 14 September 2023
    Comer, Trump critical of new Hunter Biden indictment
    "The Justice Department's sweetheart plea deal fell apart after a federal judge refused to rubber stamp it," Rep. James Comer said in a statement. "Mountains of evidence reveals that Hunter Biden likely committed several felonies and Americans expect the Justice Department to apply the law equally."
  • Opinions 14 September 2023
    The E in EPA certainly isn’t for ‘ethics’
    As our Ethics Waiver Report demonstrated, the Biden Administration has perfected the practice of recruiting appointees from the universe of aligned environmental activist groups, state agencies and universities. The inevitable conflicts of interest are buried under a blizzard of ethics waivers and then, after putting in enough time to learn the federal ropes, some go back to more lucrative and senior positions outside.
  • Opinions 14 September 2023
    What if we had a functional media?
    Could you imagine the difference if, in the fall of 2020, the Washington Post had accepted a copy of the Hunter Biden hard drive and actually investigated the thousands of emails, photos, text messages, and other evidence that implicated not just Hunter but his father Joe Biden in sundry unethical and criminal enterprises?
  • Opinions 13 September 2023
    Biden's forced transition to electric vehicles crushing UAW workers
    Most auto workers understand that Biden policies are destroying the American car industry, and this moment presents an opportunity for UAW leadership to change course. UAW leadership encouraged their membership to vote for the most anti-car president in American history. They cannot now act shocked that Joe Biden is doing exactly as he promised.
  • Opinions 13 September 2023
    New Mexico governor flouts 2nd Amendment
     None of the attacks that Grisham can point to involved permit holders. That’s not too surprising – permit holders in New Mexico and the rest of the country are exceptionally law-abiding. In 2021, there was just one revocation for every 45,000 permit holders in New Mexico. Nor was that an outlier. In 2019 and 2020, there were no revocations.
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