Opinion

A fuel pump at the Gnu Harbor Marina displays updated pricing on Tuesday.

Are High Oil Prices a Good Thing?

I know how that sounds. I'm asking anyway.

By Victoria Ashford-Cross · Mar 19, 2026

A copy of Tuesday's federal press release, partially retracted, posted to the bulletin board outside Gnu Harbor Naval Base.

Whatever the Reason, We Declared War on Iran for the Right Reason

The administration's explanations may be contradictory, incomplete, and occasionally incoherent. That is not the point.

By Graham Holt · Mar 7, 2026

DHS Deputy Secretary Mancho, a four-year-old beagle-Labrador mix, photographed at a career civil service function on an unspecified date. His office did not respond to a request for comment.

We Must Appoint DHS Deputy Secretary Mancho to Undo the Damage Done by Noem.

A reasonable case for DHS Deputy Secretary Mancho, who, at least, logically offsets Noem's tenure.

By Desmond Fairley · Mar 6, 2026

Graham Holt at his desk in the TNNN offices on Tuesday, the day his column was published.

I Am Being Silenced, and the Proof Is That You Are Reading This

A classical liberal reflects on the suppression of his views, which appear below, in full, in a newspaper

By Graham Holt · Mar 5, 2026

Graham Holt at his desk in the TNNN offices, photographed Tuesday.

Who, Exactly, Is Being Harmed by This Conversation?

A classical liberal asks the question no one else will, because no one else has the courage, or possibly the patience

By Graham Holt · Mar 4, 2026

Graham Holt, photographed at the New Newmanton Public Library, where he spoke last spring at a 'Both Sides Considered' forum on an unrelated matter.

The Too-Online Woke Mob Has Found Its Next Victim: Jeffrey Epstein

The left's new target is a man I would like to state clearly was a convicted sex offender, though whether that disqualifies him from nuance is, I think, worth asking

By Graham Holt · Mar 4, 2026

Founders' Square in overcast afternoon light, with scattered printed pamphlets lying across the ground near the bronze Newton statue, some curled or displaced, the surrounding pavement marked by emergency vehicles and law enforcement presence in the distance, the square itself emptied of civilians and carrying the heavy atmosphere of a crime scene in its immediate aftermath.

The Founders' Square Shooting Was a Failure of Both Sides

Fairley mourns four officers, questions 'the rhetorical arms race that put them in the crossfire'

By Desmond Fairley · Mar 4, 2026

A close-up editorial photograph of a rustic wooden board arranged with an assortment of sliced cured meats, dark braised cuts, and roasted portions next to a pair of glasses and dentures on a white linen tablecloth, shot in the dim, warm ambient light of a Harbor District restaurant, with shallow depth of field and a half-empty glass of red wine softly blurred in the background. The composition is tight and journalistic, overhead-adjacent angle, natural window light catching the textures of the meat.

Is Cannibalism the New Anti-Inflammatory Diet?

Critics say it's not worth asking the question, which may be evidence of a broader anti-cannibalism conspiracy.

By Desmond Fairley · Mar 4, 2026

The Newton Monument: It Must Stay and It Must Go

The Editorial Board presents two perspectives, because, once again, it could not agree on one

By The Editorial Board · Mar 4, 2026