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Georgia Garvey

It's summer, the season of vacations, therefore the season of air travel and the season of people getting kicked off planes because they've had too much to drink. The culture has shifted, though, and because of regulations or health consciousness or sheer panic at the idea of getting sued, ...

Letters to the editor

Thank you from Omega House To the Editor: On behalf of everyone at Omega House, I would like to extend our gratitude to the many businesses, volunteers, and participants who made our Annual Omega House ATV Ride on Saturday, June 20, such an incredible success. Thanks to the generosity of our community, more than 180 riders participated in this year's event, helping raise $7,200 to support the end-of-life care mission of Omega House. These funds will help ensure we continue providing compassionate, dignified care to individuals and families in our community during one of life's most ...

Holding Space for Good

Earlier this month, our family participated in the local pride parade with a group from my husband's work. Before the parade, our son wanted to get a pride flag to wave. He has always loved flags and can identify the flags for most countries of the world. Flags are powerful symbols of ...

Eric Erickson

There is a coherent worldview behind the vice president's foreign policy and that is exactly the problem. J.D. Vance does not stumble into the outcomes he produces. He believes in them. He sees a tripartite world with America secured in its own hemisphere, Russia dominant across its near ...

Gary Franks

To borrow a golf term, President Donald Trump has finally agreed to take a "mulligan" per the war in Iran. Sadly, it was the most expensive mulligan in history, potentially amounting to half a trillion dollars, the deaths of 13 American service members, increased fuel costs, a major ...

Victor Joecks

Success often sows the seeds of future failure. That's the danger America faces now. America is a great and powerful country. But this shouldn't blind us to an obvious historical reality. Great empires rise — and fall. Just look at the history of the Roman Empire. Or the Babylonian ...