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Editorials and columns

The unsung hero of Rolling Thunder Mine

Steve Lipscomb was a son, a father, a husband, a Marine, a man of faith, and a coal miner. Ten days ago, Lipscomb and his crew encountered an unknown pocket of water when a "sudden and substantial" flood sent millions of gallons into the Rolling Thunder Mine. Lipscomb lived up to his life of ...

Mamdani could ease Trump’s return to New York

There's no mystery why Zohran Mamdani wanted to get along with Donald Trump. The president threatened New York City with funding cuts, deployment of federal forces and other unpleasantries if its voters elected the self-described democratic socialist as mayor. But why after calling Mamdani all ...

Hook-up culture is killing itself

Hook-up culture was once propagated to women and men as a way to live freely, independently, and in alignment with their own desires. However, what was once a liberating movement for young people has now become an infection that is rotting my generation from the inside out. As the ...

A Thanksgiving turkey to forget

I'll start by making a few things clear: I love my father, I love cooking and I love Thanksgiving. And now that the throat-clearing is done, I can move on to the complaining. Because of all dishes in all the holidays on the calendar, there's nothing like the Thanksgiving turkey for ...

Funding K-12 education

What follows is a recent media headline and before you think too long and hard about it, what is your first reaction to: Every K-12 School Kid Gets Record State Support. You're maybe thinking, wow this is good news for our students or they really need help in these challenging times or ...

Nondenominational Christians on the rise

The Nov. 17 CBS Evening News "Eye on America" report focused on what is considered a rising trend of Christians now attending nondenominational churches. Quoting research from the General Social Survey, the report mentioned that in 1972, "fewer than 3% of Americans identified as ...