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Commentary

Getting past the noise for freedom

As anyone who has ever tried to escape reality can tell you, you’re more than likely to end up back in it. We can imagine things to be different. We can dream away the night, but when the sun comes up, it’s the same sun as yesterday. We find ourselves in the same material world at the same ...

State’s Greed Machine ignores high energy costs

The irony would be funny if Albany Democrats were not costing us billions of dollars to accomplish nothing, while simultaneously pushing their “affordability” meme. Apparently, working people have noticed their electric bills doubling, and Albany is getting nervous because our ...

Battling adversity spurs patriotic virtues

Americans by nature seem to root for the underdog — in sporting events and in military battles. Many times, in our nation’s history we have been on the side that must beat all the odds. This was the story of our nation from the very beginning. Even farther back than the creation of the ...

High court to settle score on W.Va. sports law

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. The Supreme Court is considering a challenge—under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause—to Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The law requires that public schools and higher-education institutions ...

We’re still too overheated on climate change

In the years that I have been writing this column I have found that if your attitude towards climate change being caused by human actions seems less than wholehearted, unquestioning support you will be harshly criticized by those who think mankind is the whole problem. Our skepticism becomes ...

Rounding Third: Mother’s Day has competition for attention

Today is Mother’s Day. As I write this, on May 10, I’ve learned it’s also National Shrimp Day. Wh-a-a-a-t? Today is Mother’s Day. Period. How can it be anything else? Turns out it’s the date that determines these festive days. Every second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day. But every ...