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To the editor: My father served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was a gunnery instructor who taught airmen how to fire the fifty caliber machine guns in the ball turrets of B-17 bombers. I have always been proud of his service. Were he alive today, dad would be appalled to ...
To the editor: The majority of GOP officials seem to be just fine with this administration's America First isolationist stances, but they also seem to be missing a huge change in international affairs. Countries that were our allies and friends now view the U.S. as unstable and unpredictable. ...
To the editor: Time to clean house in Washington! DO NOT SIT THIS ONE OUT! The 2026 primary election on Aug. 4 will be just as important as the general election on Nov. 3. Our current government cannot take care of its own problems — namely a trillion-dollar deficit and a broken health ...
To the editor: The Congress has now officially ceded to the president its constitutional functions of levying taxes, directing spending and deciding matters of war and peace. The president himself has acknowledged publicly that there remain no institutional checks upon his power. The one ...
To the editor: While Ebenezer Scrooge encountered four ghosts in his Christmas reformation, I was recently visited by the ghost of George Orwell. To my surprise, George was well-versed on contemporary events in America and offered this helpful guide to interpreting the confusing news coming ...
To the editor: During the campaign, Trump promised mass deportation. The Republican Party supported mass deportation. Fast forward to today, and Republican lawmakers are still apparently on board, even though “mass deportation” now means reigning terror on American cities. ICE agents ...