An Urban's Rural View

The Biden administration tries to dissuade South Korean advocates of developing nuclear weapons with a promise to consult.

The COVID-19 emergency is officially over. But elevated death tolls and the political controversies and social and economic changes the pandemic wrought aren't going away.

The Supreme Court's decision upholding California's Proposition 12 will require pork producers to either spend millions to comply or get Congress to overturn it. The precedent will extend beyond pork.

The Economist publishes a well-researched cover story arguing that the U.S. economy is leaving its peers further in the dust.

The Transcaucasian country Georgia is known for its wine and for its fraught relationship with Russia.

Advocates of "arm Taiwan, not Ukraine" present a false choice. Defending Ukraine is critical to deterring a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

Three farmers emailed detailed thoughts on whether economics or cultural issues better explain why the countryside votes increasingly Republican even as Democrats make electoral gains in the suburbs.

Depositors in Silicon Valley Bank were protected, but what happens to the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation as a result?

Pundits struggle to explain why the Democrats now get more than half of their votes in the suburbs while the Republicans dominate in rural America far more than in the past.

News headlines said the FDA allowed plant-based beverages to be called milk. That's true. But what the agency required of those beverages is more important.

Could Vietnam become an even bigger market for U.S. agricultural products?

Legislators are debating whether to ban Chinese investments in U.S. agriculture or subject them to greater scrutiny.

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 0.25% on Feb. 1. At previous meetings the increases had been 0.75% and 0.5%. But there are likely more rate hikes ahead.

Do both yourself and your heirs a favor. Write a brief, (or lengthy, if you prefer) autobiography -- or at least your own obituary.

To maintain the current level of ag exports, much less expand them, Uncle Sam must do more than just basic blocking and tackling.

Americans will probably always be polarized, but they can still deal with each other as people rather than ideological stereotypes.

The Federal Reserve is warning interest rates will go higher and stay higher longer. Financial markets aren't convinced.

In a war with China over Taiwan, war games suggest the U.S. could run out of munitions in a week.

A new book makes a compelling case for preserving the world's big five megaforests and 2,000 intact forest landscapes.

Americans don't wait for the government to do everything. We roll up our sleeves and do some of it ourselves. Be thankful for that.