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Wasted LandEditorial
by John Stossel Simplify educational bureaucracy by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Education needs are best funded and administered at state and local levels as opposed to one-size fits all. Teachers and...
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Are Americans Seeing The End of Print Journalism?Columns Editorial
The stunning announcement that the large daily newspaper in Atlanta, the Journal-Constitution, will soon end a printed product and go solely online reminded me I once owned a newspaper printing press and a barrel of...
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Putin's RussiaColumns Editorial Political
Putin’s Russia by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette In the summer of 1999, I traveled to Russia on a “mission trip” working with American and Russian teens in a camp near Volgograd. Before going I wondered...
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Moral Panic?Columns Editorial
“Mental health is declining,” says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. This week his book, “The Anxious Generation,” is number one on The New York Times bestseller list. His book has been a bestseller for more than a...
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Stop the War!Columns Editorial
Stop the war! by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The world saw a lot of flash and sizzle inside Washington’s pomp and ceremony for a few days in August. The prospect of ending the brutal war was a miracle of...
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Who Will Protect the Kids?Columns Editorial
EDITORIAL Some parents abuse their kids. Child welfare workers are supposed to stop that to protect the kids. But bad things often happen while they watch. “Children have a right to safety,” says Tim Keller. “If...
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International Relations Is About Business, Not PoliticsColumns Editorial Political
International relations is about business, not politics by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Politicians and political movements are only interested in staying in power. President Obama didn’t care about...
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A New Addiction!Columns Editorial
I am addicted! To my phone. I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things ... I look up, and an hour has passed....
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The Socialist Politicians Are ComingEditorial
~Opinion/Editorial~ EDITORIAL The Socialist politicians are coming! In Minneapolis, Democratic Socialist Omar Fateh is favored to be Minneapolis’ next mayor. In New York City, bettors say there’s an 80% chance that...
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Trump's leadership is exemplary so farColumns Editorial
It’s August. Surely the world and the government can take a break before everything falls apart again. During the 2024 campaign for president, “experts” predicted an avalanche of bad news for a Trump 2.0...
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My Socialist MayorColumns Editorial
I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other...
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President Trump Runs the Nation WellColumns Editorial Political
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The Democrats, media, and others suffering with Trump Derangement Syndrome are drowning attempting to extricate themselves from their own clever plans to beat President Trump....
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Tortured by BureaucratsColumns Editorial
TORTURED BY BUREAUCRATS by John Stossel President Trump runs the nation well by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette The Democrats, media, and others suffering with Trump Derangement Syndrome are drowning attempting...
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This Time AroundColumns Editorial Political
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette On May 21, 2023, I wrote a column titled “Corruption is not a crime under THE LAW.” Special Counsel John H. Durham had submitted “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence...
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War on CapitalismColumns Editorial
Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, “horrifying inequality” and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, “accelerating climate change.” People on...
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One Year and WaitingColumns Editorial Political
One year and waiting by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette One year ago today we were eating breakfast at the Starkville Café. John came over to talk about politics. He asked what I planned to write that week. I...
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Big GreenColumns Editorial
Environmental groups are now rich. In 2020 (the most recent data available), they collected $8 billion in donations. $8 billion! “The environmental industrial complex actually has more money in the PR game, the...
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God has richly blessed America TAWColumns Editorial
I was reading one of my favorite daily writers, Jeff Childers, author of “Coffee & Covid” a Substack publication. Childers’ Monday June 30 article, “GIFTS AND GRIFTS” included the answer to a question I’ve...
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Labor Unions Kill JobsEditorial
Progressives love unions. Not only do unions protect workers, they say, unions gave us the weekend and the middle class. I say, capitalism created the middle class. Employers, competing for better workers, gave us the...
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The Secret Sauce That Made AmericaColumns Editorial
Is the tide turning yet? by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette On June 22 President Trump launched “Operation Midnight Hammer” that severely affected Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear bomb. The operation...
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Celebrate The 4th of July & Stay Cool In The ProcessColumns Editorial
4TH OF JULY CHEESECAKE--- Berry Patriotic Cheesecake Fluff Salad is the easiest possible dessert to make for a Fourth of July gathering, but you wouldn’t know that from the creamy, delicious taste. The Fourth of July...
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Blessed are the peacemakersColumns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Our annual pilgrimage to Saulsbury for Memorial Day stirred up familiar memories of people and places, of family and friends who are still here or long departed. We’re...
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SOCIALIST UTOPIAColumns Editorial
Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a “favorable view” of socialism. How can they be so ignorant? Socialism has been tried by lots of countries. It’s failed. It always fails. China prospered somewhat only after...
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Trump seeks peaceColumns Editorial
by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette All President Trump knows is how to win. That’s good for America and ultimately good for the world. But it’s infuriating for those with Trump-Derangement-Syndrome. In the...