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Editorials

Let’s remember the true meaning of Thanksgiving

While the origins of our modern Thanksgiving Day are more a matter of many traditions eventually running into a single idea than the straight line from familiar paintings of the Plymouth Colony’s observance more than 400 years ago to our holiday tables today, there is a common theme: ...

Give thanks for the fossil fuel industry

Just by living in 21st-century America, you have a lot to be thankful for. You live in the richest country in the history of the world — and one of the freest. Despite what the left claims, the benefits of wealth aren’t limited to the 1%. The amenities most people take for granted — a ...

The unsung hero of Rolling Thunder Mine

KANAWHA COUNTY, West Virginia — Steve Lipscomb was a son, a father, a husband, a Marine, a man of faith and a coal miner. Earlier this month, Lipscomb and his crew encountered an unknown pocket of water when a “sudden and substantial” flood sent millions of gallons into the Rolling ...

Trump rallies UN Security Council on Gaza, Hamas

Maybe the United Nations isn’t as useless as it so often shows. Last Monday the Security Council endorsed President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, ratifying for the first time the requirements that Hamas disarm and Gaza be demilitarized. The resolution passed 13–0, with Russia and ...

In search of lower prices? Move to Republican state

The buzzword of the month is “affordability,” and based on the election results from New York, New Jersey and Virginia, voters think that’s declining. Democrats think they’ve found a winning issue here to win back the hearts and minds of voters after the Trump sweep last year. It’s ...

Thanksgiving drama unfolds while helping dad burn bird

I’ll start by making a few things clear: I love my father, I love cooking, and I love Thanksgiving. And now that the throat-clearing is done, I can move on to the complaining. Because of all dishes in all the holidays on the calendar, there’s nothing like the Thanksgiving turkey for ...