As many local residents have noticed, The Mining Journal has launched the 2025 Christmas Cheer Club one week early this year, due to the government shutdow and issues with SNAP benefits, to name just two stressors. In years past, the Cheer Club's traditional launch date was Black Friday, the ...
Whence cometh the conviction, in America and even more in Britain and Europe, that open borders is the only moral immigration policy? Of course, not everyone believes that, and many who do stop short of saying so. But the contrast between the rhetoric and policies of the first two decades of ...
Reflecting on gratitude for this holiday, I want to highlight something that can be shared with the wider world. Last year at this time, I focused on reasons to be thankful despite Donald Trump's reelection: Trump ran on promises he cannot possibly fulfill. He swore to reduce prices and raise ...
We media types obsess about America's problems. But we should acknowledge that today, life in America is better than life has been anywhere, ever. For most of history, the norm was hunger, disease, illiteracy, slavery and war. There were a few exceptions (from some of those problems) — ...
"The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." — James Madison (1751-1836) America today would terrify the Founding Fathers. Armed troops roam the streets of major cities, masked government agents arrest people without probable cause and ...
I’ve always been perplexed by people who make an enemy out of socialism. What is socialism but the guarantee of essential services and protections for oppressed peoples? For example, who can genuinely be angry with rent stabilization policies besides a landlord who doesn’t want to give ...