Opinion

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Opinion: Party unity no easy feat with Trump

Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders from the House and Senate and with the House Freedom Caucus, he reportedly insisted that Republicans need to be unified ...

Opinion: Trump pardons must not lead to the unpardonable

Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after a couple of the roughly 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders given pardons by President Trump said they didn’t want it. Finally, I thought, a bright light of sanity shows itself. I am heartened by the example of Pamela ...

Opinion: Mercy is not part of Trump’s plan

The president has declared war on the nation, the nation as we have known it. — Anonymous If you ever go to Canterbury Cathedral in England, drops of blood from ages ago are still there on the altar floor. Legend has it that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was brutally ...

Opinion: Leading America boldly into decline

Not a month old, the second Trump presidency is barreling toward the decline that big-mouth leaders have been sending their countries for centuries. Theodore Roosevelt warned of such dangers. Speaking at the 1901 Minnesota State Fair, he famously shared the African proverb, “Speak softly ...

Letter to the editor: It’s Trump who’s the enemy

To the editor: Candidate Trump promised change; we’re getting chaos. He promised a better life for ordinary wage-earners; billionaires are benefitting. Trump’s choices made so far violate constitutional mandates and do little to build trust and confidence. This widening divide leads ...

Letter to the editor: Vital health info being withheld

To the editor: Last week, for the first time in over 60 years, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, or MMWR, was not released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The MMWR is the CDC’s primary outlet for sharing information about outbreaks, chronic and infectious ...