Opinion

Thanks to all Public Works employees

While many people compared the recent snow storm to one about 50 years ago, it is important to recognize the effort that goes into plowing and removing the piles of snow in the after math of the storm. I know some individuals that feel their personal situation took longer to remedy than they may have wanted, but the county and municipal workers really did an outstanding job, under very adverse conditions. While making decisions to make sure they would be safe and equipment would not get stranded or broken, many dedicated employees looked after our wellbeing, and we are blessed to ...

Editorial cartoon for April 4, 2026

News flash: Bernie Sanders is not a New Yorker

Yes, he talks like a Brooklyn tough guy, but Sen. Bernie Sanders is a resident of Vermont, America's most rural and most white state. That he fled New York City nearly 60 years ago seems lost on the current Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his fellow socialists. Then again, Mamdani hasn't been around ...

Trump's Iran war leaves GOP adrift ahead of midterms

NEW YORK (AP) — This is not the run-up to the midterm elections that Republicans wanted. A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict. The ...

You don't own me

Politicians tax what we earn, regulate what we build and often decide what we can do with our bodies and our money. I like to think I own myself. But politicians increasingly act as if they do. "People should not have power over other people's lives," says Timothy Sandefur, author of the ...

Almanac for April 3, 2026

Today is Friday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2026. There are 272 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1996, Theodore Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician known as the Unabomber, was arrested at a remote Montana cabin by FBI agents. From his off-the-grid location, Kaczynski waged a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, permanently maiming several of his victims. (He died in prison on June 10, 2023, at age 81.) Also on this date: In 1860, the first Pony Express mail delivery rides began, one heading west from St. Joseph, Missouri, and ...