NIMBY Is alive and well

Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) demands recognition as a universal truth with claims both on natural...

Yahoo. Another tax article (sarcasm alert)

After writing another lengthy paean (sarcasm alert) a couple weeks ago about property taxes, I planned on putting that horse to bed...

Observations on the opinion page from the fill-in guy

I am a self-professed Jack of all trades master of none which makes me the perfect back-up for many News-Banner employees. 

Angelkeep: ‘Tis Golden Tortoise Beetle b’golly

Folks doon at the pub would have a craic over hearing this story of ye ol’ beetle as a St. Patty’s Day...

Why does the House Speaker matter, anyway?

It would be a stretch to say that the US government came to a standstill after GOP members of the House unseated...

No baseball? It’s looking like a cruel summer awaits

I write a column as part of my responsibilities here at the News-Banner, and as I’ve noted,...

Black conservatives convene for a ‘new birth of freedom’

In 1955, an unmarried pregnant University of Wisconsin graduate student left her home and traveled to San Francisco to a doctor who...

Angelkeep: The calendar, in December: It cometh and goeth

The trek across the driveway to the house after picking up items from the mailbox invariably includes sorting as to his and...

The Russian way of brutality

Russia has found just the man to lead its ongoing assault on Ukraine, Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov.

Angelkeep: The funeral pyre of WCTTVC

R.I.P., — Rest in Peace, tall trumpet vine. You have served well for two decades. Sadly this column bids...