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Editor: We would like to thank UP Sheds for the their help and support after our home fire. Their excellent carpentry, general workmanship and high quality roof and trim work are exceptional. We also would like to thank them for expediting things to fit us into their very busy schedule. Thank you UP Sheds. David and Catherine Paavola Pelkie

Erick Erickson

The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with 340 million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per year. We are the fourth largest country by land, third by population and first by GDP. We no longer know each other, care for each other or like ...

Mona Charen

I think the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs. That said, it's just remarkable that the vote will not be 9-0. Trump is claiming sweeping powers to impose (and rescind and reimpose and re-rescind) tariffs under the International Emergency Economic ...

Letter to the editor

Editor: Thank you from Hancock Rotary to all the wonderful businesses who contributed to our silent auction at our Hallow-wine event. It helps fund many of our local service projects, including a Christmas party for the CCISD, scholarships and honors recognitions, and community projects. Thanks again to the following businesses and friends: Beviamo Vino, Biggby Coffee, Black Ice Comics, the Bonfire, Breakwater Credit Union, Century 21, 41 Lumber, KBC, Kirkish Furniture, the Mineshaft, MTU, A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Swift's Hardware, University Images, CCCAC, Chicken Tramper, ...

Froma Harrop

Tuesday brought encouraging results for Democrats eyeing a sweep in next year's midterms. But the most notable portent wasn't the governor's races won by Abigail Spanberger in Virginia or Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey. Nor was it Zohran Mamdani's election as mayor of New York City. The most ...

Armstrong Williams

When a 29-year-old man in Minnesota can post a TikTok video allegedly offering $45,000 for the assassination of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, we can't dismiss it as another outburst from an online extremist. It's a symptom of something far deeper — the moral corrosion of our ...