Enough with the climate kooks and immigration insincerity
I have a crisp $20 bill in my wallet and I’m prepared to remit the price of this newspaper to the first 10 people who walk into the office complaining abo... Read more.
Seeing royalty through his American eyes
The broach a woman wore over her heart caught my eye as I clattered along in a crowded London subway car 12 years ago. It framed a miniature portrait and a seco... Read more.
Memory just does not fade away
Sunday is the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed 2,977 people in four coordinated terror attacks on a bright Tuesday morning. It is also the day w... Read more.
Election season 2022’s main events have come and gone
Like a summer downpour suddenly ended, campaign season 2022 has come and gone. Oh sure, Republican gubernatorial nominee Geoff Diehl will carry Donald Trump&#... Read more.
Four score … or did they?
If you thought a four-on-one attack in a heavily-contested political fight’s final round would deliver a knock-out punch, you would be wrong. Eighth Essex... Read more.
Are you as annoyed by this as I am?
Let me offer some opinions about the state of our national affairs. I can guarantee you my viewpoint won’t sit well with everyone, maybe not even you. My ... Read more.
Move over, George, Tom, Abe, and Teddy: Here comes Mount Richmore
BIll Gates bought 2,100 acres of farmland in North Dakota on June 30, leading me to idly speculate over a fictional scenario in which Gates, Elon Musk and Jeff ... Read more.
The Wyoming that rejects Liz Cheney isn’t the Wyoming I’m from
National media organizations intent on pillorying Donald Trump are painting my home state as a one-dimensional political landscape inhabited by Trump troglodyte... Read more.
It’s summertime and the cars are cruising
The day will come when I am conveyed from point to point by an electric car and maybe even have my name on the title of one. But the day will never arrive when ... Read more.
In defense of Dilbert
If the Daily Item and its fellow Essex Media Group publications end up in the newspaper graveyard where thousands of other local papers have been buried in the ... Read more.