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In 1968, Robert Mueller, poised to graduate from Princeton University, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, hoping to serve his country in the Vietnam War, which was then raging. It was the year that American troops would sustain their peak number of combat deaths, nearly 17,000. A son of ...
Early Monday morning, financial markets surged when President Donald Trump claimed there had been productive talks with Iran about ending the war. Therefore he backed off a vow to bomb Iranian power plants if the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t reopened by Monday evening. Iran denies any such talks ...
To the editor, Representative Schmidt's comments, as reported in the March 13 issue of the Lawrence Journal-World, show him to be dismissive of people who are concerned that "the GOP-led House allowed the executive branch to seize too much power. ..." Whether or not people agree with the ...
To the editor: Physical activity is a right. Over 5.6 million Americans live with limb loss or limb difference, but in almost every state, people with limb loss and limb difference don’t have access to the prosthetic and orthotic devices that enable them to live physically active and ...
We’ve long known that Donald Trump drives his critics crazy, and he’s now doing it to some critics who used to be friends. The isolationist right is convinced that President Trump is waging the Iran War on behalf of Israel, which would make him the handmaiden of a foreign power. That ...
“The rich should pay their fair share of taxes.” Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions. But Republicans play an especially outrageous game in portraying the ...