Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. I was 15 when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, sparking the first Gulf War. In response, ...

As fireworks will rocket into the sky this weekend, national pride has, under Trump, sunk to its lowest point in recent memory, per a new Gallup poll. Since January 2001, the polling firm has asked ...

A new Gallup poll shows just 58% of Americans say they’re “extremely proud” or “very proud” to be Americans — the lowest level recorded since Gallup first asked this question in January 2001, when 87% ...

Registered voters of one of the two major political parties in the United States aren’t feeling proud to be an American. “As it turns out, Democrats — their percentage to say they’re proud to be an ...

President Donald Trump might not be happy with these troubling poll numbers. A new Gallup poll found that a record-low number of Americans said they are “proud” to be an American under Trump’s second ...

When you’re raised in an authoritarian Christian community you can never quite comfortably fit into, you learn early on about the ambiguity of language. Words like “love,” for example, mean very ...

Per polling just released by Gallup, only 58% of Americans now say they are "extremely proud" or "very proud" to be an American. When Gallup first asked this question in 2001, 87% said they were ...

As the nation prepares to install its 47th president, Americans are overwhelmingly proud of their country and its history. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 81% ...

The stars are shining, the stripes are waving, and the greatest force for freedom in human history—the Red, White, and Blue—is alive and well. On this Fourth of July, we celebrate the most ...

This is in response to William Skepnek’s letter on Nov. 19. He states his planning of a trip to Europe is “beclouded with shame.” That he projects “feeling the shame of being recognized as an American ...

PECK, Idaho -- Jeff Greene is the talk of his hometown, and rightfully so. In late February, Greene punched his ticket to the Special Olympics World Games in Turin, Italy; fulfilling a dream 30 years ...

As we prepare to note the 249th anniversary of our country, getting ready for the great celebration next year of America's 250th, Gallup serves up sobering data. Per polling just released by Gallup, ...