It’s time to fix American politics with bipartisan cooperation With all the vitriol bantered about these days between extremists from both major political parties, “bipartisanship” has become a sign of weakness to some politicians, pundits and …

Musk buys Twitter, national media proclaim free speech a threat Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, purchased Twitter for $44 billion. Musk has long been a critic of the platform’s content moderation policies, and appears poised to, …

Earth Day should be a celebration of success On Friday, people across the planet celebrated Earth Day. It’s been 52 years since the original Earth Day drew attention to protecting our air, lakes, rivers and forests from pollution and …

Federal spending will ruin the economy Who wouldn’t want to go back to the economically simpler times before the COVID pandemic?  We can look back with warm nostalgia on 2019, when our national debt was only a frightening …

Violating the public’s trust should bring consequences At the start of the year, the City of Gillette was rocked by the release of hundreds of text messages between Gillette’s mayor and city administrator. In the texts, former Mayor Louise …

Studying war I’ve spent considerable time exploring human conflict in recent months.  My physical condition coupled with the precautions necessary to avoid becoming a COVID statistic have given me …

Eating to be calm doesn’t involve potato chips I just read a scientific study regarding stress and in the very first sentence was amazed to find that you can eat to be calm. God bless those scientists, I got so excited. Unfortunately, as I read …

Oh, the places you’ll go, class of 2022 Do you find yourself humming Pomp and Circumstance this time of year? Can you visualize all the graduates dressed in their robes with huge smiles on their faces and yet a look in their eyes that …

Teachers are molders of dreams Guy Doud became a hero of sorts to many teachers across the nation when he was honored by President Reagan in 1987 as “Teacher of the Year.” Doud says his meeting with the president in …

Nebraska bison not on par with roaming Wyoming beasts As you no doubt suspect, there are differences between living in Nebraska and northwest Wyoming. Big ones. For one, though I’ve heard many of you howl like banshees about the taxes you pay …