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Opinion

Almanac for Jan. 3, 2026

Local columns

Today is Saturday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2026. There are 362 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans. ...

Deregulation of broadband deployment saving billions

Editorial

Did economists underestimate the damage of the Biden regulatory barrage? One reason the U.S. economy is outperforming expectations may be that the Trump Administration’s deregulation is offsetting tariff harm. Consider how it has uncorked broadband investment and saved taxpayers billions by ...

Are predictors of doom correct?

Local columns

While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline." Now that he's president, the left agrees. "We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire," says Cornell West. Are the predictors of doom correct? Will America collapse like so many ...

Trump, in interview, defends his energy and health

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details. Trump, in the interview, said he ...

Almanac for Jan. 2, 2026

Local columns

Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2026. There are 363 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41-day standoff to protest the imprisonment of two ...