Arthur I. Cyr – Page 24

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Column: Putin’s news conference a hard sell from isolated, influential Russia

December 30, 2021 at 2:25 p.m.

The Grinch did not steal Christmas this year, but Russia President Vladimir Putin did his level best to cast a shadow over our holiday spirit. The Kremlin killjoy has been...

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Friday Dec. 17, 2021. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in North Shropshire in a parliamentary by-election that was a referendum on his government amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections. (Joshua Bratt/PA via AP)

Column: British election shows government extremely unpopular

December 22, 2021 at 8:55 a.m.

"Our country is crying out for leadership. Mr. Johnson, you're no leader." Helen Morgan of the victorious Liberal Democrats made that statement following the stunning victory, and defeat for Prime...

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2000, file photo, former senator and former presidential candidate Bob Dole salutes after a speech at the Republican National Convention in the First Union Center in Philadelphia. Dole died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, at the age of 98. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Column: The U.S. has lost two great leaders in Dole and Powell

December 16, 2021 at 7:48 a.m.

Americans have witnessed the passing of two particularly significant leaders during the final months of this year. Former Sen. Bob Dole died this month, retired general and former Secretary of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin during his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Column: Negotiation is the key for Russia and Ukraine

December 8, 2021 at 7:45 a.m.

"To jaw-jaw is better than to war-war," said Winston Churchill in 1954, supporting the principle of nations negotiating. These wise words from a great leader should be kept in mind...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Colombia's President Ivan Duque, shake hands at the end of a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Guterres was in Colombia to attend the celebrations marking the five year anniversary of the signing of a peace deal between the government and the FARC. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Column: Colombia confirms peace can succeed

December 1, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

Good news can easily get lost. That was true even during the heyday of serious professional journalism, back in the 20th century. Today's media is flooded with nonstop electronic nonsense...

This undated illustration depicts President Abraham Lincoln making his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1863. (AP Photo)

Column: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy

November 23, 2021 at 7:24 a.m.

Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of...

FILE - Leaders of the G20 pose in front of the during Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Column: Why the G-20 matters to our pocketbooks, and much more

November 16, 2021 at 7:23 a.m.

Gee whiz, that G-20 just met again. After two weeks of negotiations, leaders from around the globe gathered in Glasgow for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change announced an...

The Waukegan JROTC Color Guard marched proudly during the Veterans Day Parade wearing the original uniform from 100 years ago, on November 11, 2015 at the Veterans Plaza in Waukegan. (Mark Ukena/Lake County News-Sun)

Column: Veterans Day is an important time to honor those who serve

November 9, 2021 at 6:22 a.m.

Veterans Day, celebrated on Nov. 11, is cause for contemplation as well as celebration. Parades featuring people in uniform — those currently serving, those who have served, and others who...

President Barack Obama sits next to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Washington, as they meet to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Column: Conflict is business as usual when it comes to Washington, D.C.

November 3, 2021 at 10:08 a.m.

Jockeying in Congress regarding President Joe Biden's ambitious legislative agenda is intense, and media focus is relentless. Nonetheless, this is business as usual in Washington D.C. The White House courts...

President John F. Kennedy tells the American people that the U.S. is setting up a naval blockade against Cuba during a television and radio address on Oct. 22, 1962, from the White House. The president also said the U.S. would wreak "a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union" if any nuclear missile is fired on any nation in this hemisphere."

Column: Today’s leaders would be wise to heed lessons learned from Cuban missile crisis

October 27, 2021 at 7:37 a.m.

October is the scary month, and not just because of Halloween. Nearly six decades ago, the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear holocaust. From Oct....

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