Opinion

During an interview with the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph in August of 2025, Laura Loomer, one of President Trump’s fan-based advisors, discussed her growing informal influence inside political circles and staff decisions.  She proudly intimated that one of her friends had commented that she...

I write this column not particularly spiritually centered but deeply troubled. We are less than 70 days away from the most important midterm election in our lifetime, possibly as significant as elections in the time of Abraham Lincoln or Franklin D. Roosevelt. I am deeply...

Daily newscasts have become powerfully redundant. Observers have to strain to ignore the impression that the world is on the cusp of rapidly disintegrating. Southern Europe, Northern and Western U.S. and Southern Canada are suffering from uncontrolled wildfires. This year alone, firefighters have already...

At a July 8 NATO press conference, President Trump claimed that the Islamic Republic of Japan had shot 111 missiles at aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.  During that same press conference our president repeatedly referred to Ukraine President Zelensky as President Putin. These were some...

A city’s primary responsibility is ensuring the safety of its people.  I am proud to share that our City Council recently adopted a budget that makes a major investment in our frontline defense. We have officially approved the purchase of a brand-new, state-of-the-art fire engine...