Opinion

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Letter: Plenty of reasons for term limits

To the editor: I am becoming more disillusioned than normal with the ongoing assault on the constitution as representatives from both parties abdicate their responsibilities to the public and the constitution in order to curry favor with the political winds that blow them from course to ...

Letter: Catch the joy as it flies by

To the editor: The smile on her sundrenched face radiated joy. My friend---along with myself and eight others on a 2011 mission trip—were traveling by train across India. We were sitting across from each other taking in the scenery. Now at dusk we marveled at the homes popping up with ...

Letter: Signs of mental deterioration in the White House

To the editor: It’s my observation that the President Donald J. Trump has mentally deteriorated, despite his claims to the he contrary. The signs are obvious. Trump’s inability to complete and express thoughts is alarming. When asked a simple question, he offers an analogy lacking ...

Opinion: Trump never actually had a plan

When President Trump spoke at the Saudi Future Investment Initiative on Friday, he offered a pristine example of what he calls “the weave.” What detractors take for incontinent verbal rambling is, in his own telling, genius-level embroidery of a rhetorical mosaic. While spinning his ...

Opinion: Iran has us between a rock and a hard place

In Washington recently, the foreign minister of a Middle Eastern country under attack by Iran argued that Iran must at last be forcefully confronted by the international community, and that continuing to kick the can down the road when it comes to Tehran is unacceptable. “You have to be ...

Opinion: Here’s what Trump is turning the economy into

When he ran for president again in 2024, Trump made three promises to the American public: First, he said he’d “secure” the southern border. Most Americans now believe he’s gone too far in this. Second, he’d avoid foreign wars. He said: “We’ve spent $8 trillion in the Middle ...