Dear editor, I like the idea of keeping recycling a volunteer-based effort.   I don’t agree with using a city employee and a county employee to assist, and I don’t want to see our trash…

President Trump says that foreign countries, not Americans, will pay his border taxes. But a new analysis by Anderson Economic Group shows how his auto tariffs on Mexico and Canada are starting to bite U.S.…

The sweeping ICE operation in Georgia Thursday that rounded up some 475 illegal workers at a showcase development project is intended as a warning to employers nationwide.  It also illustrates the America First contradiction of…

There is no shortage of reasons to protect farmworkers.  Our agriculture industry, responsible for food production and by extension food prices, relies on a myriad of factors, including a stable labor source. Farmworkers are not…

If proponents of posting the Ten Commandments in public schools are to be believed, the moral development of Texas children in 11 school districts  lags those of other Texas schoolchildren as of Monday.   We…

Americans are frustrated with health care, and rightly so. It’s expensive, confusing and often unfair. I’ve written about its flaws for years. But as calls grow to burn it all down, we risk losing the…

You don’t need a degree in international affairs to understand the message Xi Jinping sent Wednesday as he paraded tanks, hypersonic missiles and other weapons through Beijing, putatively to honor the end of World War…

A recent lawsuit against OpenAI over the suicide of a teenager makes for difficult reading. The wrongful-death complaint filed in state court in San Francisco describes how Adam Raines, aged 16, started using ChatGPT in…

After the frenzied summitry in Anchorage and Washington last month, one thing is certain: Ukraine needs security. Who provides it — and how — are still open questions. For now, only Russia and Ukraine have…

Two years ago, Chanute commissioners likely were the toast of the town when they decided to eliminate the vast majority of the city’s property taxes.  “It’s a big night” in the city’s history, City Manager…