Columns

There was not a dry eye in this county last week. Tragic, unthinkable, heart-wrenching — words that permeated our school's halls, echoed through the local markets and sat silently with us in the pews of our churches.

It was George Washington who first inveighed against the evils of party politics in his 1796 farewell address. Admired though he was, no one listened, and here we are today with two major, polar-opposite parties whose adherents tend to regard one another...

During World War II, posters displaying the slogan “Loose lips might sink ships” reminded service members and civilians alike to avoid indiscreet discussions about secure information that could be exploited by the enemy and used against...

Budgeting is about setting priorities. In most states, K-12 education is the top priority and receives the lion's share of funding. Yet across the country, states are grappling with a budget monster that pits education funding against federal...

The recent decision by the Obama Administration to delay the Keystone XL pipeline has really generated quite a bit of discussion over the last few weeks. A recent letter to the SDN by Vicki Cook asked why the president is blocking jobs for a project like...

Rep. Doug Lamborn was right. Rude perhaps, but right. If one is going to be subjected to re-runs, “Star Trek” is preferable to various iterations of the State of the Union. By my count, whole phrases from the President's 2010 and 2011...

In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on an airstrip in the Canary Islands. According to accident investigators, those who survived the initial blast in one plane had time to escape before a fire consumed the wreckage. But eyewitnesses reported that many...