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Ben Fields: Dealing in shallow absolutes is a deep problem (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Dealing in shallow absolutes is a deep problem (Opinion)

  • By Ben Fields
  • Updated Mar 5, 2026

I've recently seen the argument, from more than one source, that, if you're against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you're in favor of un…

Ben Fields: My sanctuary breached (Opinion)
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  • Updated Feb 26, 2026

I was so proud to see both the USA men’s and women’s hockey teams take home gold medals in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

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  • Updated Feb 21, 2026

When Lee Brice came out to sing his song, "Country Nowadays" at the Turning Point USA alternative universe Super Bowl halftime show earlier th…

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  • Feb 19, 2026

When my wife, in January 2020, was diagnosed with metastatic, stage-three breast cancer (“with an asterisk” we were told, because of a tiny sp…

Ben Fields: Pat Morrisey and me: a single-issue alignment (Opinion)
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  • Updated Feb 12, 2026

Plenty of folks had a laugh this week when Gov. Patrick Morrisey, delivering a message on affordability, stood in front of a podium with a pla…

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  • Updated Feb 5, 2026

A year and five months, give or take. That's how long we made it in the Fields household without a dog, after continually having at least one,…

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  • Updated Jan 29, 2026

Jan. 28, 1986, was a big day. In our fourth-grade classroom at Bellefonte Elementary School in Kentucky, the teacher had wheeled in one of tho…

Ben Fields: History never repeats, right? (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: History never repeats, right? (Opinion)

  • Updated Jan 23, 2026

Imagine you're walking down a sidewalk on Capitol Street here in Charleston on a cold, winter day, when a car screeches to a halt, and four gu…

Ben Fields: Protecting the homeland (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Protecting the homeland (Opinion)

  • Updated Jan 15, 2026

I don't remember which social media platform I was scrolling through a couple of months ago, but I remember stopping and giving a sort of laug…

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Ben Fields: Scrapping my takeover plans (Opinion)

  • Jan 8, 2026

Upon learning that we can just go into other places, remove their leaders and claim their stuff is now ours, I started making some big plans. 

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