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America’s greatest resource – Its people

WASHINGTON — Thank God President Donald J. Trump has decided to allow his Senate confirmed Cabinet members to take greater control of the manpower needs in their respective departments. We must pray that the approach and method used will be prudent and in concert with eliminating waste, ...

Tax the past?

NEW YORK — Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity bytaxing the past. New York’s new law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating ...

My weekend in Moscow

WASHINGTON — When an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the renowned Professor Alexander Dugin to visit them in Moscow arrived in my inbox, it was actually the culmination of a series of emails and telephone calls from Russian-American friends giving me a heads up. ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2025. There are 291 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. On this date: In 1493, ...

Will defense spending avoid the scalpel again?

WASHINGTON — Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more concerned with furthering its own interests than those of the American people. Between sacred cows and special interest groups, we’re always told why ...

The economy: We’ve been here before

WASHINGTON — When I began investing in balanced mutual funds in 1983, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 1,190. Last Monday, despite the drop of more than 1,000 points, the DJI closed at 41,911. It’s the difference between looking at short-term vs. long-term investing. I called my ...