Opinion

I once wrote that “scientists are right about climate change.” I long opposed logging clear-cuts and excessive drilling. I even voted for the Green Party candidate (gasp!) for president. But this longtime supporter of environmentalism has completely abandoned its modern instantiation.

Over three years of Biden administration, foreign policy has led to national security crisis after crisis. First, the Biden administration has provided worse than absentee leadership on our immigration system and border security policy.

According to a report issued by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur on Feb. 8, his investigation found “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.”

Nikki Haley recently provoked a firestorm of controversy for failing to name slavery when asked by journalists what caused the Civil War. A chorus of critics, including President Joe Biden, censured her response.

On Dec. 19, Colorado’s Supreme Court deemed former president Donald Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot.

Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently welcomed its newest volunteers. Lynn Rodrigues, Talor Anderson and Savannah Carnes made the extraordinary commitment to give their time to help abused and neglected children in our community.

Sound advice from U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): “As a rule, Americans shouldn’t trust any bill so large that it has to be delivered by handcart.” He’s referring to the latest National Defense Authorization Act, which weighs in at more than 3,000 pages.

As we approach the joyous holiday season, we find ourselves reflecting on the incredible achievements of our students and the remarkable strides our academic community has made.

Three cheers to Gov. Kevin Stitt for walking back a decision to apply for a new private school tax credit program that he championed just months ago. At the very least, it’s a bad look for a millionaire to apply for a tax credit that GOP lawmakers promised would help poorer families.

“You people of the South don’t know what you are doing,” William Tecumseh Sherman told David F. Boyd in 1860. “This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization!