Parents needed to help guard community values in schools

Anyone who is at least remotely interested in what is being taught in public schools surely has observed a decided shift in recent months.

Freedom to fly without a mask

Last Monday afternoon, airline passengers whooped and hollered when flight crews informed them the federal mask mandate was finally over. Crews and passengers responded to the news by ripping off masks mid-flight.

Increased ethanol in fuel this summer is nearly useless

President Joe Biden’s plan to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends of gasoline during the summer months is a tiny bandage on a massive wound. Biden intends to allow the sale of E15, or gasoline containing 15% ethanol, to continue through the summer.

Amendments would provide some tax relief for homeowners

It often is difficult to find information on constitutional amendments and the meaning of their proposed text. Their lawyer-drafted language seems intended primarily to confuse the public.

GLSEN’s groomers in plain sight

Everything old is new again as a new generation of parents takes on kiddieporn curriculum producers masquerading as anti-bullying crusaders. So let me repeat a warning I’ve issued repeatedly to families across the country: “Diversity.” “Tolerance.” “Safety.

Activists should quit monkeying with lifesaving research

Alzheimer’s research is a matter of life and death. But it also involves a lot of monkey business -- literally.

Agriculture and natural resources industry flourishes here

Picturing a world without unique agricultural interests is like looking at a newspaper with no headlines, a bicycle with no wheels, or a house with no doors. Things just wouldn’t seem right.

Beware the ‘paper shortage’ election ruse

In the fall of 2020, I warned repeatedly on social media, TV and in my syndicated column about the Zuckerberg Heist -- Silicon Valley’s hijacking of our election system through a nonprofit called the Center for Tech and Civic Life.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s views depart from foundational principles in Declaration

EDITOR’S NOTE: After this column was written, the U.S. Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S.Supreme Court. She will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, who has announced he will retire in July.

Separated by birth: two parties, two very different perspectives on abortion

When D.C. homicide units pulled up to the brick rowhouse last week, it was already an unusual scene.