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Arrows from past amid today’s political violence

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination there were no violent acts or protests carried out by conservatives. This must have surprised many on the radical left particularly those who resort to violence at the mere sight of an ICE agent. Or was there any need for a CNN reporter to stand in front of a blazing car or store and inform us that “only minor protests are occurring this evening” as one reporter did in Minneapolis, Minn., in 2020. By all accounts Kirk was a good friend, a committed family man, and a devout Christian. He was also an unquestionably divisive figure whose ...

More unanswered questions on water

The most recent boil-water order in the village of Fredonia has once again created a great deal of angry chatter and many questions both on social media and throughout the community. Questions like: Why was the boil order declared? Where did the boil order originate? Was it caused by human error? Was it a problem at the Water Treatment Plant? Was the boil order even necessary? Who is responsible? Doesn’t this once again prove that the Village needs to buy water from the North County Water District? What’s being overlooked in the furor and frustration is the fact that no matter what ...

In debates and faith, Kirk was a martyr too

In an interview, Charlie Kirk said, “Before I go on a college campus, my prayer is very simple: ‘God use me for your will…’ So what is God’s plan when I go onto college campuses? I will only tell the truth. I will not compromise and I love on the lost… Jesus called us to tell the truth and Jesus called us to contest in the public square for his purposes. I am far more interested in what God wants of me than what I want from God and what God wants for me is a life fighting for the truth.” Observing the opposition fighting against him, Kirk said, “They will use the sword ...

The cycles of our national politics

In my lifetime, I have lived through what I would call two or three “cycles” in our national politics. We came out of World War II as the major super-power in the world—there was a good feeling in the country. Yet, somehow, we lost our “mojo.” Along came the fall of China to the communists and then the war in Korea. Suddenly, in the 1950’s, we were in a mood of fear and apprehension. Along came Senator Joe McCarthy, “pouring kerosene on the fire,” blaming it all on purported communists in the government and conducting a campaign of fear, falsehoods and blame. The ...

Dangerous U.S. path in health care

The current assault on American healthcare compelled me to write this as a nurse practitioner. The fact that this administration made a statement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must align with the president’s Make America Healthy Again agenda should strike fear in all of us. Robert F. Kennedy’s assault on vaccine science is downright dangerous. For decades the CDC has been a trusted source of concrete scientific and medical data and information. Medical providers and scientists both in the U.S. and around the world rely on it as a reliable source for up ...

Shootings in schools scar generation

During the past few years, school shootings have been on the minds of the majority of parents with children. The difference between 2025 and 1965, in relation to school shootings, is like night and day. Karen and myself raised five children and not once when we sent them to school did we ...