"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not…

Judging by all the rain in recent weeks and my request in the last column for rain dances, it would appear that numerous readers rain-danced their hearts out. Roosevelt received approximately three inches of rain a couple of weeks ago…

By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl The Senate has been considering the 2008 Defense Authorization bill, which sets the policy and spending priorities for the Defense Department. But most of the time has been spent debating our policy in Iraq and…

By Kevin Rogers, President of the Arizona Farm Bureau I am a farmer and I have employees. I make every effort to follow federal hiring laws. I do all of the paperwork, request the information I am supposed to and…

As the song goes, "the heat is on." Temperatures are expected to reach near record highs this week and all of us are anxiously awaiting fall (not that we're trying to rush time) and cooler temperatures. On the upside, gas…

I can't believe it's June already and we're nearly half way through the year. (I think I say this every year around this same time). The big Memorial Day weekend is over and we now head into the hot days…

I am disgusted by Congressman Jeff Flake and the far left Luis Gutierrezs betrayal to America and their constituents by proposing the Security Through Regularized and a Vibrant Economy Act; In other words "Cheap labor." The Heritage Foundation and NumbersUSA…

Fire season is here! The Ponderosa fire started on May 12, near the Ponderosa Campground in Payson. According to Payson District Ranger Ed Armenta, there was some initial concern "about containing the spread of this fire due to increasingly windy…

We recently received an email from a reader wondering why we print information from Congressman Renzi, particularly in the wake of all the media "hype," currently blasting across television and print. On April 19, Congressman Renzi informed his constituents that…

The P-I editorial of March 29 asserts that the FBI has been "flying high on the wings of the Patriot Act," using it to collect private information, "telephone and financial records, e-mails, whateveralmost on a whim." At no time since…

This issue features a front page article about local Globe resident Joe Pusso" Perez, who was presented with the Purple Heart thirty-nine years after actually enduring his wounds at the Tet Offensive. Thanks to the efforts of Father Rosales (and…

Judge Posner's March 19 advisory on re-engineering the FBI (Opinion, "Time to Rethink the FBI") op-ed deserves a response. I don't know this judge personally, but I admire his prolific ability to comment on the widest range of complex subjects.…