Opinion

OPINION: It will be okay

 On Christmas Day 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem we now know as the song “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”Earlier in the year, Longfellow had unsuccessfully pressured his son, Charles, not to join the Union Army.

OPINION: Observations on a torrent of bad news

 The past week has brought an unusual amount of bad news; so much that it’s been difficult to focus on any one item before you’re buffeted by the next horrific headline. Here are a few of my personal observations on some of these recent events.1.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (December 24, 2025)

LIES LIKE A RUG“[Republicans] voted to double your [healthcare] premiums 13 times.” – Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)BRAIN FART“We strongly and rightly believed that there should be an absolute separation between what we wanted as an administration and what the Department of Justice did.

OPINION: Trump’s inflation trap

 What can Donald Trump do to stop morphing into Joe Biden?The two presidents could hardly be more different in most ways – but in the one that counts most with voters, Trump is in danger of resembling his predecessor.
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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Isn’t it time we stopped looking at the differences and started considering the similarities between us as Americans?

 Let’s talk about the upcoming mid-terms – and well – let’s talk about elections in general.Who are you going to vote for in 2026?And, other than the incumbent’s already available history, do you really know what they’ll do in the future or what their opponent might decide to do once in office?