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The Capitol stands mostly quiet, Thursday morning, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington. The House and Senate certified the Democrat's electoral college win early Thursday after a violent throng of pro-Trump rioters spent hours Wednesday running rampant through the Capitol. A woman was fatally shot, windows were bashed and the mob forced shaken lawmakers and aides to flee the building, shielded by Capitol Police. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Opinion: Resolved, 2026

by John Buttrick January 3, 2026December 30, 2025

LEFT: Hang candles to cool and harden in between dips and work in a rotation. RIGHT: You can use diced crayons to dye the wax. An Advent wreath, which counts down the four Sundays before Christmas, requires three purple and one pink candle.

Opinion: A call for justice and peace this holiday season

by John Buttrick December 20, 2025December 19, 2025

FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, a portrait of William Shakespeare is seen in the Third Folio, in London. William Shakespeare died 400 years ago Saturday, April 23, an anniversary marked across the "sceptered isle" and across the pond. And sports, like much else, is in Shakespeare's debt. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Opinion: President Trump’s crude and rude epithets

by John Buttrick December 13, 2025December 10, 2025

Jen Desloges of Plymouth whistles while holding a âhear me roarâ sign during the during the New Hampshire Womenâs Day of Action and Unity rally in front of the State House in Concord on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)

Opinion: All for one, one for all

by John Buttrick December 6, 2025December 3, 2025

A Ukrainian saper examines a destroyed Russian military vehicle in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2022. Ukraine’s president told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes, accusing invading troops of the worst atrocities since World War II. He stressed that Bucha was only one place and there are more with similar horrors. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Opinion: A Thanksgiving reflection on societal evil

by John Buttrick November 29, 2025November 25, 2025

Opinion: The non-binary reality

by John Buttrick November 22, 2025November 18, 2025

President Donald Trump, flanked by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Friday, March 24, 2017, during the announcing of the approval of a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for the 8 billion project. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Opinion: Warriors encounter wisdom

by John Buttrick November 15, 2025November 13, 2025

President Woodrow Wilson addresses a joint session of Congress in the hall of the House of Representatives on April 2, 1917, urging a declaration that a state of war exists.

Opinion: Dedication to the cause of peace

by John Buttrick November 8, 2025November 5, 2025

Opinion: A forward looking nation

by John Buttrick November 1, 2025October 29, 2025

A man walks past the the rubble of the Yazegi residential building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation held an emergency virtual meeting Sunday over the situation in Gaza calling for an end to Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Opinion: Motivation for war

by John Buttrick October 25, 2025October 22, 2025