2025: Will we return to common standards?

As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, people in this country and throughout the rest of the world are celebrating.

Make a resolution to fix Social Security

EDITOR ’S NO TE: Laura Hollis is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Daniel McCarthy.In the dreamlike days between Christmas and the regular work week’s return in the new year, it’s easy to believe all things are possible.

Prime time for the American game

Many millions of Americans will be united over the next couple of weeks while engaging in a profoundly American experience: watching the college football playoffs. Yet an even more profoundly American experience is not watching football -- but playing it.

Bourbon Street massacre is what ‘globalize the intifada’ looks like

As woke illiberalism replaced live-and-letlive liberalism as the animating ideology of the American Left, the state of Israel has increasingly found itself on the outs.Never mind that modern Israel was founded by, and for three decades politically dominated by, a bunch of left-wing socialists.

10 ideas to make America’s economy great again in 2025

EDITOR ’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Stephen Moore.Here’s my wish list for the incoming Trump administration to make America healthy and prosperous and great again in 2025.1.

Immigration moratorium needed now

For the past few days, certain highly visible elements of the MAGA coalition have been sparring with one another.

At the end of the year, give thanks for God’s blessings

During this 2024 Christmas season, we in America have much to be grateful for: For a country where liberty is still valued and where prosperity is still possible.For our families, friends, loved ones, colleagues and coworkers.For the kindness of strangers.

‘My God, there is light’

In the wake of the collapse of the Syrian government, CNN reporter Clarissa Ward and her team were in Damascus last week, looking for any sign of American journalist Austin Tice, alleged to be held in a Syrian prison since 2012.

Vaccine questions shouldn’t be verboten

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.n the Harry Potter series, the villain Lord Voldemort is known as “He-Who-Must-Not Be-Named.” There’s a similar sentiment whenever someone expresses a heterodox opinion on vaccines.

Reader wants churches to come together under one name

We are The Sons In The Christ, speaking to all churches who serve God and support this newspaper and all who should support them. We support them too when we can afford it.Our message to all of you is, “The name for the new church in this county alone is The Church In The Christ.