As Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth, I usually write this column “To Christians at Christmas.” But it occurs to me that there are people who might be interested in knowing...

We at the Herald recently received a news release stating that Gov. Murphy wants to mandate a $15-per-hour minimum wage before the end of the year. I, for one, don’t...

Is the U.S. Senate obsolete? If you read Paul Krugman’s Nov. 8 column in The New York Times, it would be hard to draw any other conclusion. What he is...

As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, may I propose that you take a moment to read Abraham Lincoln’s words and apply them to our nation today. President Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation...

What are the American people going to do about our national division, as individuals, and in Congress? Regarding Congress, every time we turn around, it seems their ability to cooperate...

The most obvious geographical element identifying our county is water. There is lots of it. We play in it, fish in it, paint it, admire it, fear it, boat in...

“Our country has largely taken for granted the peace and prosperity won through generations of investment and sacrifice, and we risk learning the hard way that continued superiority is not...