I vaguely recall learning about Valentine’s Day and all its trappings in first or second grade at Monroe Street Elementary. Mrs. Sullivan was the teacher. Friend Jerry Sullivan’s mom. Jerry the “papist” went to St. Mary’s Academy. My Protestant friends and I were “pagans.” I ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Let’s pick up where we left off two weeks ago. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025 opinion in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland unanimously, masterfully resolved a complicated issue quickly. Applause, applause. Yet judges, including Supreme Court justices, aren’t ...

At a recent meeting of the Town of Hanover Board a major topic discussed was a proposal to construct a BESS — or a Battery Energy Storage System in the town. Whether its solar arrays, wind turbines or now BESS It’s just another one of the stories we often hear in this crazy green energy ...

The fog hung over the airport, in fact all of San Diego Bay was socked in. Visibility for takeoff or landing was zero. It was 1967, and I was commuting to my stewardess job in Los Angeles from San Diego. I needed to arrive at American Airlines LAX operations before 0700 to work the first ...

The 119th Congress is underway. During this time, it is important to bring awareness to a glaring issue being overlooked by congressional representatives such as U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy (NY-23). In his press release on Jan. 6, when referencing what he referred to as “the Green New Deal ...

I don’t know if you saw it recently, but two political leaders in the Congress from different political parties who are over 80 years of age fell and were injured. Apparently, mother nature doesn’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat when you are getting old. Nancy Pelosi, the ...