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Trump is bad for Israel – and the entire Mideast

Suppose you’re the type of smart conservative reluctantly inclined to give Donald Trump a pass for his boorish behavior and ideological heresies because you like the way the economy is going...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Do not equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism

In a recent interview with The Intercept, Rashida Tlaib, the Michigan Democrat who in November became the first Palestinian-American elected to Congress, went public with her support for the...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The new farm bill is a success for every one of us

It didn’t appear in many front-page headlines, but Congress just passed a five-year, $867 billion piece of legislation in a bipartisan, landslide vote. In today’s political climat...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism

It’s a call for the elimination of a state and all its Jewish people

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

An antidote to idiocy in new Churchill biography

Earlier this year, retired astronaut Scott Kelly posted a harmless tweet quoting Winston Churchill’s famous line, “In victory, magnanimity.” Left-wing Twitter went berserk, and Ke...

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Shutting down government is a sham, not a game

I’ve been thinking about government shutdowns. The most recent threat to stop public services is about funding the expansion of the border wall with Mexico. But shutting the gover...

DATE: Dec 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Now’s the time for action to restore national parks

As Congress makes its way through the lame duck session, several hot button issues await action. Important legislation will be considered over the next two weeks that, if passed, ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Can we learn to live with wolves again?

In his Nov. 9 Herald column, Andrew Gulliford wonders, “ He states that the last wolf in Colorado was killed 70 to 80 years ago. That’s long enough for people to forget that wolves sometime...

DATE: Dec 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

For Trump, it could be the presidency or prison

Donald Trump – or, as he’s known to federal prosecutors, Individual-1 – might well be a criminal. That’s no longer just my opinion, or that of Democratic activists. It is the find...

DATE: Dec 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

What would a presidency without humor look like?

As with September’s memorial services for John McCain, expressions of mourning for George H.W. Bush – extolling the 41st president’s humility, loyalty, temperance, decency, bravery and devot...

DATE: Dec 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Making criminals out of the homeless won’t work

Henry Ford observed, “Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than trying to solve them.” Homelessness is a problem. It is a complicated problem. The Homeless...

DATE: Dec 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Conservation fund needs to be revived, saved, now

Considering the amount of time I spend on public lands fishing, communing with wildlife, hiking, mountain biking, and spending time with friends and family, I figured it was time for me to e...

DATE: Dec 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns