Opinion

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Opinion: Voter ID laws shouldn’t be this controversial

President Trump says that “Republicans” should “nationalize the election” or at least take over voting in up to 15 places where he says voting is corrupt. His evidence of fraudulent voting is that he lost in such places in 2020, and since it is axiomatic that he won everywhere, the ...

Opinion: Economic wins and population growth

By many measures, one could argue the Kelly-Toland years have been the biggest economic boom the state has ever seen. Pick any measure: $30 billion of private sector investment (most per capita in nation), almost 80,000 new or retained jobs that pay 7.7% more than the average private sector ...

Opinion: Beware the bully’s ‘softer touch’

For casual observers of U.S. politics, an interview President Donald Trump gave last week to “NBC Nightly News” might have suggested a change of tone in the federal government’s standoff in Minnesota. Speaking of the brute-force operations federal agents have conducted there rounding up ...

Opinion: Don’t let Trump turn America into a nation of haters

There are no innocent bystanders in Donald Trump’s America. Seeing what we’ve seen lately — blood spilled in snow, and a vile post depicting a former president and first lady as apes in a jungle — MAGA world has moral choices to make. This is a moment of truth for each of you. Do ...

Opinion: Stand up to corporations that help ICE

Many of you tell me you feel powerless in the face of Trump’s reign of terror. You view and read horrific news reports about what ICE and Border Patrol are doing, but you don’t know how you can reduce or stop this horror. Let me assure you: You’re not powerless. In fact, you have ...