Opinion

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Opinion: U.S. Postal Service cannot be measured by its bottom line

There’s one thing Donald Trump can’t take away from me. I’m ready for living in a reality where a knock on the door could take you and your rights away. I’m prepared for violent Jan. 6 offenders in prison to be pardoned on Trump’s first day. I’m even braced for freedom of speech ...

Opinion: The U.S. economy is doing very well

One of Donald Trump’s closing campaign arguments was that he would deliver a new “golden age” for America. This week, he announced that this Trump-powered golden age has already begun. That’s fitting insofar as Trump has rapidly eclipsed the current president, Joe Biden, in setting ...

Letter to the editor: Important lesson lost

To the editor: Young adult immigrants known as Dreamers in 19 states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s public marketplace. This includes Dreamers in Kansas, thanks to our state attorney general, Kris Kobach. Judge Daniel Traynor of ...

Opinion: Kash as king: A hatchet man comes to town

It’s in vogue since Donald Trump’s election last month to suggest that using words like “autocrat” or “strongman,” let alone “fascist,” to describe the once and future president is bad form at best and terribly out of line at worst. The problem with this suggestion is what the ...

Opinion: What are Daniel Penny’s politics?

Is Daniel Penny a Republican, a Democrat or something else? As of this writing, his political leanings remain a mystery. Republicans clearly want to adopt the white Marine veteran who strangled a threatening Black passenger on a New York City subway car. They may deny it, but the racial ...

Opinion: How the DOGE billionaires plan to kill Medicaid

I’ve shared with you the plans of Trump’s unelected multi-billionaires, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to undermine Social Security — the most popular and successful program in the federal government, into which you’ve paid your entire working life. Today I want to share their plan to ...