The war over abortion rights has moved from the sidewalks in front of medical clinics to pharmacies and mailboxes. The Food and Drug Administration’s loosening of restrictions […]
Guest Editorials
Keep your eyes on the government
Legal advertising in community newspapers gives local residents advance “public notice” of action our state legislators and other government officials plan in our communities. As residents, we […]
Unpopular president tells Americans that all is well
President Joe Biden, his approval ratings underwater for most of the past two years, made his case for a second term on Tuesday. It’s doubtful he changed […]
Confrontation with China no longer seems a distant scenario
Ominous signs are growing about the potential for direct military conflict between the United States and China. It’s not every day when a top military commander predicts […]
Federal Reserve’s continued rate hikes may be too much for economy
The Federal Reserve shocked no one last Wednesday when it announced another 25-basis-point hike to interest rates. Yet our lack of surprise doesn’t mean a lack of […]
Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden and whale beachings
We aren’t whaleologists — actually, the term is cetologist; we just looked it up — but neither is Tucker Carlson. So take it with all the grains […]
What Tyre Nichols’ death tells us about policing in America
Memphis’ police chief said video of the Jan. 10 beating by five police officers that killed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols included “acts that defy humanity.” We had fair […]
‘Fair Tax’ won’t pass, but debate an ominous omen about McCarthy
There is a 0% chance that a proposal to eliminate the federal income tax and replace it with a massive national sales tax will even get out […]
Pentagon missing billions worth of military equipment
Defense spending is vital to ensure the nation’s security. But that doesn’t mean the Pentagon should be above budget scrutiny. Far from it, as a recent audit […]
Google antitrust lawsuit can set precedent for
tech monopolies
It’s not every day that the federal government and states as varied as Tennessee and New York find themselves on the same side of a legal dispute, […]
