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Jamie Stiehm

Pick a Thanksgiving table, any Thanksgiving table in America, and it's sure to have a turkey and a grumpy uncle. Sometimes they are one and the same, stuffed with all the trimmings. As the midterms draw near, this November will be an especially heated month, right? We the people are so ...

Josh Hammer

America's left-wing fringe, which is increasingly indistinguishable from the Democratic Party mainstream, absolutely hates our nation. You'd have to be blind not to see it. Take the latest example: Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, the punk who just desecrated the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pool in ...

Jonah Goldberg

A coalition of right-wing organizations and activists is lobbying the White House to grant mass pardons to junior staffers in the administration. "A pardon for all junior administration personnel is viewed as unlikely," one source told the Washington Sun, "but the president could issue blanket ...

Letters to the editor

A few final thoughts before the final Election Day Editor: Many of the voters have already made their choices— I hope you chose wisely, and with informed consideration for the future. I fear half of you have not. For those remaining, consider these points. You are unlikely to billet criminals in your basements, nor are we likely to put them in stocks on the Village Green. Therefore, we need a viable, evolved, safe and up-to-code jail. An updated facility has been previously, thoughtlessly rejected several times. Now do or die, if we don't approve it for everyone's safety, to face ...

Rachel Marsden

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Europe is crashing out over Trump's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin - largely because of a dirty little secret about who's really been paying for their Ukrainian largesse: Russia. Western nations found a way to make Russia pay for both sides of the ...

Letters to the editor

Ghosted: a New Campaign Strategy Editor: The question that needs asking is why Jack Bergman has “ghosted” his constituents. He has not had a live public debate since October 17, 2016, nor has he held a public forum, town hall, since 2017. Its rumored he doesn’t like the rancor of being in a room with dissatisfied voters. Really, a retired Marine afraid of facing his constituents. No, what Mr. Bergman fears are the questions he will be asked and the answers he must defend and cannot. We, his constituents, pay him for his service to represent our needs here in the UP and Northern ...